Opera in three acts.

  • 001(bcl)0/0110/perc/pf/Banjo(gtr)/str(1.0.0.0.1)
  • chorus
  • 3 Basses, Countertenor, 3 Mezzo Sopranos, 4 Sopranos, 4 Tenors
  • Stephen Oliver
  • Ottavio Rinuccini

Programme Note

BRIEF SYNOPSIS

The story of Orpheus and Euridice, written to be played at a wedding. Tragedy enters in the prologue and blandly informs us that the ending has been changed in honour of the happy pair: Orpheus may keep his lady.