The Canterville Ghost (opera)

The Canterville Ghost (opera)

The Canterville Ghost (also "The Ghost of Canterville", Russian: "Кантервильское привидение" – Kantervíl’skoye privedénie, however usually spelt as "Кентервильское привидение" – Kentervíl’skoye privedénie; French: Le fantôme de Canterville, German: Das Gespenst von Canterville), an opera by the Russian composer Alexander Knayfel’ (Russian: Кнайфель; Alexandre Knaifel, Knayfel) in three acts for 18 singers and chamber orchestra.

Composed in 1965-1966 to the libretto by Tatiana Kramarova after The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. Text Russian (translated into English by V. Paperno. Dedicated to Rein Laul.

Also: "Romantic Scenes from the Opera" – in seven scenes with prologue for basso profondo and light soprano with chamber orchestra (shorter version). Duration: 90 minutes.

Cast, Orchestra

Shorter version:

*Solo Voices: bass, soprano
*Orchestra: flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (piccolo and bass), contrabassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, 4 percussion (tubular bells, glockenspiel, xylophone, flexatone), piano/celesta, organ (may be on tape), 5 strings (1.1.1.1.1).

The score is printed by Sovetsky Kompozitor, Leningrad 1977

Full version:

*Singers: 6 sopranos, 2 boy sopranos, 4 mezzo-sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, bass
*Orchestra: Orchestra: flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (piccolo and bass), contrabassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (5 players, instruments include tubular bells, glockenspiel, xylophone and flexatone), piano/celesta, organ (may be on tape), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass.

Premiere

* a) February 26, 1974 (with the subsequent performances on November 30, and December 15, 1974) in Leningrad, the House of Composers. Chamber Orchestra of Conservatoire, conductor L.Gelgrud.
* b) March 3 and 4 1980 in London, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Recordings

CD: Harmonia Mundi / Saison Russe. Le Chant du monde , 1991. Le fantôme de Canterville (The Canterville Ghost). The operatic scenes inspired by Oscar Wilde. Moscow Theater "Forum" Orchestra, Stanislav Suleymanov (bass), Tatiana Monogarova (soprano), Alexander Levental (organ), conductor Mikhail Yurovski.

External links

* [http://www.sikorski.de/en/frameloader.html?frame=http%3A//www.sikorski.de/composers/composer51.html at Hans Sikorski page]


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