Thematic Cat. #:

JH.UL6

Text/Libretto: 

English translation by H.B.Farnie (1836 – 1889)

Date of adaptation:

1963

Duration:

ca. 25’

Solo voices/cast:

Two “beggars” (tenor and baritone), a mute person (m. or f.)

Instrumentation:

string quartet and piano, with optional 1.1.2.1./2.2.1.0./timp.2 perc/strings

Manuscript:

Royal College of Music Library

Publisher:

Augener Ltd., 1963, later Galliard Ltd., later Stainer & Bell (vocal score);     reverted to JH, August 1975.

Availability:

Material for hire from Royal College of Music Library.

Notes:

Offenbach’s operetta Les Deux Aveugles, words and music freely adapted, with    preface and production notes by Joseph Horovitz.