King Priam

composer: Sir Michael Tippett
librettist: Sir Michael Tippett

Opera in three acts

Premiere: 29. Mai 1962 Covent Garden Opera, Coventry Cathedral Festival - Producer: Sam Wanamaker - Conductor: Sir John Pritchard
Orchestra instrumentation: 2 Flutes (doubling 2 piccolos), Oboe, Cor Anglais, Clarinet, Clarinet in Eb, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon, 4 Horns in F, 4 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (3 players): Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Cymbal, Wood Block, Tambourine, Triangle, Tam-tam, Xylophone; Harp, PIano (doubling Celesta), Guitar, Strings (6.4.4.2 minimum players)
Cast of characters: Priam, King of Troy - bass baritone Hecuba/Athene, his wife/Goddess - dramatic soprano Hector, their eldest son - baritone Andromache/Hera, Hector's wife/Goddess - lyric dramatic soprano Paris, Priam's second son - boy soprano/tenor Helen/Aphrodite, wife to Menelaus, then wife in adultery to Paris/Goddess - mezzo soprano Achilles, a Greek hero - heroic tenor Patroclus, his friend - light baritone Nurse - mezzo soprano Old Man - bass Young Gard - lyric tenor Hermes, a messenger of the Gods - high light tenor Chorus of Hunters, Wedding Guests, Serving Women, etc. (SATB)
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 125' 0''
Year of composition: 1958/61
Edition: study score
Language: English - German
282 Pages - Paperback/Soft Cover
ISMN: 979-0-2201-2355-9
Order number: ED 12809