• Gunther Schuller
  • The Fisherman and His Wife (1970)

  • Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
  • 1(pic,afl)1(ca)1(Ebcl,bcl).asx+barsx.1(cbn)/2111/2perc/egtr.hp.cel(pf).eorg/str
  • Soprano, Tenor, Bass
  • 1 hr
  • Libretto by John Updike after the Grimm fairytale.
  • English

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A simple fisherman’s wife induces him to ask for more favours from a great fish he has caught and thrown back into the sea. When the wife demands to play God, the couple loses everything but is happy anyway.

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