Thematic Cat. #:

JH.UL5

Libretto:

S. Vestris – edited from the original MSS (autograph) in Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin with Italian and English.

Date of edition:

1961

First performance:

13 March 1964, St. Pancras Festival, directed by Joseph Horovitz

Duration:

60′

Solo voices/cast:

Pygmalion (high baritone), Galatea (lyric soprano), Venus (col. Mezzo), Amor (light soprano)

Chorus:

mixed, ca. 20 voices

Instrumentation:

2.2.2.2./2.0.0.0./strings

Manuscript:

Royal College of Music Library

Availability:

Performing edition for hire from Royal College of Music Library.

Notes:

The original work was written for Napoleon’s private theatre at the Tuileries in 1809 and given three times that year. Horovitz received a Leverhulme Research Award for this edition.