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Handel: Acis and Galatea:fl, picc, 2 ob, strings, harpsichord.:STB chorus; SATB version(Barnby)::Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus, Damon:[]

Verdi: Aïda:3 fls (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hns, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSATTTTBBB, large chorus:stage: harp, band:Aida, Amneris, Radames, Amonasro, Ramfis, King of Egypt:[]

Britten: Albert Herring:fl (picc, alto fl), ob, cl (bs cl), bsn, hrn, perc, harp, string quintet, Piano for recits.:::Lady Billows, Florence Pike, Miss Wordsworth, Mr. Upfold, Albert Herring, Nancy, Mrs. Herring, Village Children:[]

Glück: Alceste:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, perc, timp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: trumpets:Alceste, Admetus, High Priest, Apollo, Hercules, Thanatos, Evander, Herald, 3 chorus leaders, Eumelos, Aspasia:[]

Montemezzi: Amore dei tre re, L' (Love of Three Kings):2 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, 3 bsn (contr), 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, celeste, harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: fl, 3 trp, bell; AATB, chapel choir:Archibaldo, Avito, Fiora, Manfredo, Flaminio, Handmaiden, Young Girl, Old Woman:[]

Giordano: Andrea Chenier:2 fl, picc, 2, ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSSSAATTBB:stage: side drum:Maddelena di Coigny, Chenier, Carlo Gerard, Countess do Coigny, Pietro, Mathieu, Incredible, Roucher, Majordomo, Abbe, Dumas, Fouquiertinville, Schmidt:[]

Blomdahl: Aniara:3 fl (picc), 3 ob (EH), 3 cl (bs cl), alto sax, 3 bsn (2 contra), 4 hrn, 4 trp (bs trp), 3 tbn, tuba, timp, harp, piano, vibes, perc (4 players), strings, taped sound effects:SATB large chorus::The Blind Poetess, The Mimarob, Daisy Doody, Sandon, First Chief Technician, The Dictator, Isagel, Second Technician, Third Technician, Deaf Mute:[]

Donizetti: Anna Bolena:3 fl, 3 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SSATTB::Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Lord, Richard Percy, Lord Rochefort, Smeton, Sir Hervey:[]

Strauss, R. : Arabella:3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 3 cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATB::Count Waldner, Adelaide, Arabella, Mandryka, Matteo, Count Elemer, Count Dominik, Count, Lamoral, Fiakermilli, Fortunetller, Welko, Djura, Jankel, Waiter, Arabella's Companion, Three, Gamblers, Physician, groom:[]

Strauss, R. : Ariadne auf Naxos:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, trp, tbn, piano, harp, harmonium, celeste, timp, perc, strings (6,4,4,2):::Ariadne, Bacchus, Zerbinetta, Composer, Music Master, Dancing Master, Naiad, Dryad, Echo, Harlequin, Brighella, Scaramouche, Truffaldin, Lackey, Officer, Wigmaker, Majordomo:[]

Glück: Armide:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, strings:SATB::Armide, Rinaldo, Artemidor, Fury of Hate, Hidraot, Ubaldo, Danish Knight, Phenice Sidonie, Aront, Demon as Lucinda, Demon as Melissa, Naiad:[]

Pizzetti: Assassinio nella cattedrale (Murder in the Cathedral):3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, harp, celeste perc, strings:SSATBB::Archbishop Thomas a Becket, A Herald, 3 priests, 4 Tempters, 2 Women, 4 Knights:[]

Roussel: Aunt Caroline's Will:fl, ob, cl, bsn, hrn, trp, tbn, timp, perc, strings:SAT::Lucine, Beatrice, Noemie, Christine, Ferdinand, Jobard, Noel, Maitre Corbeau, Doctor Patogene, Ernestine:[]

Moore: Ballad of Baby Doe:2 fl (picc), ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, harp, piano, prc, strings:SATB::Baby Doe, Augusta, Horace Tabor, William Jennings Bryan, Mama McCourt, 4 quartets(ttbb, sscc, satb, ttbb), 18 or so bit parts-non chorus:[]

Verdi: Ballo in maschera:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, bells, harp, strings:SATTBB:stage: string orchestra and military band:Riccardo, Renato, Amelia, Oscar, Ulrica, Samuel, Tim, A Judge, Silvano, Servant:[]

Cornelius: Barbier von Bagdad:picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bns, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (2 players), harp, strings:SATB::Abul Hassan Ali Ebn Bekar, Nureddin, Margiana, The Caliph, Baba Mustapha, Bostana, Three Muezzins, A Slave:[]

Paisiella: Barbiere di Siviglia:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp (not in Ricordi), timp, mandolin, strings:::Dr. Bartolo, Rosina, Count Almaviva, Figaro, Don Basilio, Giovinetto, Svegliato, Notary, Chief of Police:[]

Rossini: Barbiere di Siviglia:[original] fl (picc), ob (picc), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, bs drum, triangle, sistro, strings (2nd ob in overture, 3 tbn and timp in 2nd version of overture):TTB:stage: guitar:Rosina, Count Almaviva, Figaro, Dr. Bartolo, Basilio, Berta, Fiorello, Sergeant, Ambroggio, Votary, Magistrate (mute):[]

Meyerowitz: Barrier, The - Mulatto:fl, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, trp, tbn, harp, piano, perc (2 players), marimba, string quintet [augmented version 2222-4331 hp, pf, perc, str]:SATTB::Col. Thomas Norwood, Cora Lewis, Robert, William, Sally, Sam, Fred Higgins, Livonia:[]

Smetana: Bartered Bride, The - Prodana Nevesta:3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 3 hrn, 4 trp, 2 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SATB::Krusina, Ludmilla, Marenka, Micha, Hata, Vesek, Jenik, Kecal, Circus Manager, Esmerelda, Circus Indian, Two Boys:[]

Pepusch: Beggar's Opera:(A)fl, ob, harpsichord, strings (viola d'amore and viola ca gamba ad lib.); (B)fl, ob, cl, bsn, 2 hrn, strings (44221), harpsichord or piano; (C)fl (picc), ob (EH), cl, bsn, hrn, perc, harp, strings:SATB::Mr. Peachum, Mrs, Peachum, Polly, Macheath, Filch, Locket, Lucy, Mrs. Trapes, Beggar, Player, Mrs. Coaxer, Polly Trull, Mrs. Vixen, Betty Doxy, Jenny Diver, Mrs. Slammekin, Suky, Tawdry, Molly Brazen, Jemmy, Twitcher, Wat Dreary, Mat of the Mint, Nimming, Ned, Harry Paddington, Ben Budge, Robin of Bagshot, Crook-Finger'd Jack:[]

Offenbach: Belle Helène:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, strings:SSTTBB::Paris, Menelaus, Helen, Agamemnon, Orestes, Calchas, Pylades, Ajax I, Ajax II, Achillis, Philocomos, Euthycles, Bacchis, Leaena, Parthenis, Theris:[]

Britten: Billy Budd:4 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl (Eb and Bs), alto sax, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (5 players), harp, strings:TTBB large chorus::Edward Fairfax Vere, Billy Budd, John Claggart, Mr. Redburn, Mr. Flint, Donald, Dansker, Novice, Squeak, First Mate, Second mate, Jaintop, Novice's Friend, Arthur Jones, Four Midshipmen, Cabin Boy:[]

Puccini: Bohème, La:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, xyl, harp, strings:SATB, children's chorus:stage: 2 picc, 2 trp, side drum:Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard, Colline, Benoit, Mimi, Musetta, Alcindoro, Parpignol, Customs Guard:[]

Puccini: Bohème, La [reduced version]:2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, xyl, harp, strings::::[]

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov [Rimsky-Korsakov version]:3 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 3 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, chimes, harp, piano, strings:SSAATTBB - large chorus:stage: 2 trp, chimes, tam-tam:Boris Godunov, Fyodor, Xenia, Nurse, Prince Shuisky, Broter Pimen, Gregory Otrepiev, Pretender, Dimitri, Marina Mnishek, Rangoni, Varlaam, Messah, Innkeeper, Simpleton, Shchelkalov, Nikitich, A Boyar, Laqvitsky, Cherniavsky, Officer of Froniter Guard, Mityukh, a Woman:[]

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov [Shostakovich]:::::[]

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov [Rathaus]:::::[]

Strauss, R.: Capriccio:3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, cembalo, 2 harp, strings::stage: vln. vlc, cembalo, string sextet:The Countess, The count, Flamand, Oliver, La Roche, Clairon, Monsieur Taupe, Italian Singers (st), Majordomo, Servants (4t4b):[]

Bizet: Carmen:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2cl, 2 bn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATTB:stage: 2 trp, 3 tbn (can be from pit):Carmen, Con Jose, Escamillo, Micaela, Frasquita, Mercedes, Le Remendado, Le Dancaire, Zuniga, Morales:ballet with L'Arlesienne Suite other music sometimes added[]

Rossini: Cenerentola, La:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, strings:SATB::Don Ramiro, Dandini, Don Magnigico, Clorinda, Tisbe, Angelina (Cenerentola), Alidora:[]

Mozart: Clemenza di Tito, La:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, basset hrn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, timp, strings:SATB::Titus Sextus, Vitellia, Servilia, Annius, Publius:[]

Rossini: Comte Ory, Le:3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SSAATTBB::Countess Adele, Count Ory, Robert (Raimbaud), Ragonde, Tutor Alice, Young Nobleman:[]

Menotti: Consul, The:fl, ob, cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, harp, piano, strings:::Magda Sorel, John Sorel, Mother, Secretary, Secret Poice Agent, Applicants, Mr. Korner, Foreign Woman, Anna Gomez, Vera Boronel, Nika Magadoff, Magician, Assan:[]

Offenbach: Contes d'Hoffmann, Les - Tales of Hoffmann:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATTBB:stage: harp, fl, cl (usu. play in pit), piano (rarely used):Hoffmann, Lindorf, Coppelius, Dappertutto, Dr. Miracle, four manifestations of Hoffmann, Stella, Olympia, Giulietta, Antonia, Spalanzani, Crespel, Pitichinaccio, Schemil, Frantz, Nicklausse, Musi:several versions: French, Italian, German, Metropolitan[]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Coq d'or, Le:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (3 players), celeste, xyl, 2 harp, strings:SATB::King Dodon, Prince Guidon, Prince Aphron, General Polkan, Astrologer, Queen of Shemakha, Golden Cockerel:[]

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, timp, strings:SATB::Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso:[]

Kastle: Deseret:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, perc, celeste, harp, strings:::Ann Eliza Webb, Brigham Young, Captain James Dee, Eliza Webb, Sarah:[]

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites, Les:3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, piano, strings:SSAATTBB::Blanche de la Force, Prioress, Madame Lidoine, Mother Marie, Sister Constance, Chevalier de la Force, Marquis de la Force, Mother Jeanne, Sister Mathilde, Father Confessor, Two Officers, jailer, Thierry, M. Javelinot:[]

Verdi: Don Carlos:3 fl, 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 4 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 4 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, bells, harp, strings:SATB:stage: military band, organ:Elisabetta de Valois, Princess Eboli, Don Carlo, Rodrigo, Philip II, Grand Inqusitor, Theobaldo, Count of Lerma, Royal Herald, Celestial Voice, Countess of Aremberg:[]

Mozart: Don Giovanni:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, strings:SATB:stage: 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 3 tbn, strings, mandolin (3 groups for Act I Minuet):Don Giovanni, Leporello, Conna Anna, Don Otavio, Donna Elvira, Masetta, Zerlina, Commendatore:[]

Donizetti: Don Pasquale:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SATB:stage: harp, 2 guitars (played by special harp or piano):Don Pasquale, Ernesto, Dr. Malatesta, Norina, Notary:[]

Weill: Dreigroschenoper, Die:tenor sax (sop sax, bsn, cl), alto sax (fl, cl),2 trp, tbn (bs tbn), banjo (cello, guitar), timp, perc, harmonium (celeste), piano (conductor):SATB::Jenny, Polly, Macheath, Mr. Peachum, Mrs. Peachum, Luch, Streetsinger, Tiger Brown:[]

Prokofiev: Duenna, The - Betrothal in a Monastery:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SAATTBB:stage: fl, alto sax, strings (act III); 2 cl, trp, 2 hrn, tbn, tuba, perc (act IV); musical galsses (act IV):Don Jerome, Louisa, Ferdinand, Mendoza, Margaret the Duenna, Antono, Clara, Don Carlos, Father Augustine, Brother Elixir, Brother Chartreuse, Brother Benedictine:[]

Strauss, R.: Elektra:3 fl (picc), 3 ob (EH), heckelphone, 5 cl (Eb), 2 basset hrn, bs cl, 3 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 4 tuben, 6 trp, bs trp, 3 tbn, contra bs tbn, tuba, 6-8 timp (2 players), perc (3-4 players), 2 harp, celeste, augmented strings:SATB::Elektra, Chrysothemis, Klytemnestra, Aegisthus, Orestes:[]

Strauss, R.: Elektra [reduced]:3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 4 cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 6 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (3 players), 2 harp, strings::::[]

Donizetti: Elisir d'amore, L':2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, harp, piano, strings:SATTB:stage: trp, sn drum, band (arranged for conditions):Dr. Dulcamara, Adina, Nemorino, Sergeant Belcone, Gianetta:[]

Mozart: Entführung aus dem Serail, Die:picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl (basset hrn), 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SATB::Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Osmin, Pasha, Selim:[]

Meyerowitz: Esther:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, harp, perc (2 players), strings [reduced: fl, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, trp, tbn, harp, perc, strings:SSATB:stage: 4 brass:Esther, Ahasuerue, Mordecai, Haman, Three Sages: Daniel, Hisda, Eleazar; Bigham, Teresh, Chamberlain, Vashti. Drier, Zaresh, Two Astrologers:[]

Tchaikowsky: Eugene Onegin:2 fl, picc, 2 bo, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, harp, strings:SSAATTBB::Tatyana, Lenski, Eugene Onegin, Madame Larina, Filippevna, Prince Gremin, Triquet, Zaretski, A Captain, Gillot:[]

Verdi: Falstaff:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 4 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATB:stage: guitar, chime, hrn:Sir John Falstaff, Mrs. Ford, Anne (Nanetta), Nr. Ford, Dame Quickly, Fenton, Mrs. Page, Dr. Caius, Bardolph, istol, Host of the Inn, Robin:[]

Puccini: Fanciulla del west, La:3 fl, picc, 3 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, glock, celeste, strings:TTBBB:stage: wind machine, tubular bells, fonica:Minnie, Dick Johnson (Ramirez), Jack Rance, Nick, Asby, Sonora, Trin, Handsome, Harry, Joe Wowkle, Jake Wallace, Juse Castro, Courier:[]

Puccini: Fanciulla del west, La [reduced]:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, perc, timp, celeste, 2 harp, strings::::[]

Gounod: Faust:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: brass band, organ:Faust, Mephistopheles, Marguerite, Valentin, Marthe, Siebel, Wagner:[]

Monteverdi: Orfeo (La Favola d'Orfeo) [original]:2 harpsichords, double harp, 2 large lutes, 2 bass zithers, 3 bass gambas, 2 organs with wood pipes, organ with reed pipes, 2 small violins, 10 viole da braccio (4 violins, 4 violas, 2 cellos), 2 contrabass viols, 4 tgn, 2 cornets, 2 high recorders, clarino trp, 2 trp with mutes:2 chorus' SSATB::Orfeo, Euridice, La Musica, Sylvia, Hope, Charon, Persephone, Pluto, Apollo, Echo, Shepherd, other Shepherds, Spirits:[]

Monteverdi: Orfeo (La Favola d'Orfeo) [Malipiero version]:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, piano, celeste, harp, strings::::[]

Monteverdi: Orfeo (La Favola d'Orfeo) [Popper version]:2 fl (picc), 3 ob, bsn, 3 trp, 5 tbn, organ, harmonium, 1-2 harpsichord, strings::::[]

Monteverdi: Orfeo (La Favola d'Orfeo) [Stokowski version]:harpsichord, harp, organo di legno, regal, alto tbn, vulgano tbn, bs tbn, trps, flautini, viola da gamba, chitarrone, lute, strings::::[]

Beethoven: Fidelio:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, strings:SATTBB:stage: trumpet:Florestan, Leonore, Don Pizarro, Focco, Marzelline, Jaquino, Don Fernando:[]

Strauss, Jr.: Fledermaus, Die:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, chimes, harp, strings:SSAATTBB::Gabriel von Eisenstein, Rosalinda, Adele, Alfred, Dr. alke, Prince Orlofsky, Dr. Blind, Frank, Frosch, Ida:[]

Wagner: Fliegende Hollaender, Der:2 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, tam-tam, harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: 3 picc, tam-tam, wind machine, hrns:Senta, The Dutchman, Daland, Erik, Steersman, Mary:[]

Verdi: Forza del Destino, La:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, organ, strings:SSSATTTBBB:stage: drums, 3 trp (doubled):Leonora, Don Alvaro, Don Carlo, Padre, Guardiano, Preziosilla, Curra, Trabucco, Fra Melitone, Alclade, Surgeon, Marquis di Calatrava:[]

Pergolesi: Frate innamorato, Lo:Strings with fl or ob obbligato [second version fl, 2 ob, htn, strings.] harpsichord or piano optional:::Marcaniello, Don Pietro, Lucrezia, Cardella, Ascanio, Carlo, Nina, Nena, Vanella:[]

Strauss, R.: Frau ohne Schatten, Die:4 fl, 3 ob, EH, 5 cl (bs cl), basset hrn, 4 bsn (contra), 8 hrn (4 tuben), 3 trp, 4 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (6 gongs, 4 tam-tam, etc), 2 harp, 2 celeste (glass harmonica), organ, strings:SSAATTBB::The Emperor, The Empress, Empress's Nurse, Barak, His Wife, Spirit Messenger, Falcon, Barak's Thee Brothers: Hunchback, One-Eye, One-Arm; Apparition of Youth, Keeper of Temple:[]

von Weber: Freischütz, Der:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, strings:SATTTBB:stage: cl, 2 hrn, trp, 2 bln, vlc:Agathe, Annchen, Max, Caspar, Kilian, Kuno, Prince Ottokr, Hermit:[]

Pergolesi: Geloso Schernito, Il:fl, ob, cl, 2 hrn, piano:SATB::Dorina, Masacco, Don Pietro, Lucrezia:[]

Moore: Giants in the Earth:2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, perc, strings:::Per Hansa, Beret, Hans Olsa, Sorrine, Syvert, Kjersti, Henry, Dagmar, Preacher, O'Hara, Sullivan, Ola, Anna:[]

Ponchielli: Gioconda, La:picc, 2 fl, 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 4 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, strings:SSATTBB:stage: bells, organ, harp, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 3 hrn, military band in opening chorus:La Gioconda, Laura, Cieca, Enzo, Barnaba, Alvise, Zuane, Pilot, Monk, two Street singers, tow distant voices:[]

Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 harp, harpsichord, strings:SATB:stage: ob, bsn, 2 vls, vla, vcl:Caesar, Cornelia, Sextus, Ptolemy, Cleopatra, Curio, Achillas, Nirenus:[]

Kurka: Good Soldier Schweik, The:picc, fl, ob, EH, cl, bs cl, bsn, contra, 3 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, sn drum, timp (no strings):::Joseph Schweik, tenor (4 roles), tenor (3 roles), baritone (3 roles), baritone (4 roles), bass (3 roles), soprano (3 roles), contralto (1 role), speaker (4 roles):[]

Offenbach: Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, La:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, perc, timp, strings:SATTBB:stage: chimes, sn drum, trp:Grande Duchesse, Fritz, Wanda, General Boum, Baron Puck, Prince Paul, Iza, Olga, Amelie, Charlotte:[]

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel:2 fl, picc, 2 ob (2 EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SA (children):stage: cuckoo:Gretel, Hansel, Gertrude, Peter, Witch, Sandman, Dewman:[]

Ward: He Who Gets Slapped (Pantaloon):2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, xyl, maracas (2), harp, strings:SSAATTBB::Count Mancini, Zinida, Pantaloon, Consuelo, Bezano, Baron Regnard, Tilly, Polly, Clown Maestro:[]

Mozart: Idomeneo:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, strings:SSAATB::Ilia, Electra, Idamante, Idomeneo, Arabace, High Priest, Voice of Neptune:[]

Monteverdi: Incoronazione di Poppea, L'[original]:strings (viole da braccio and da gamba), 2 organs, chitarrone, harpsichord:SATTB::Poppea, Nero, Ottavia, Ottone Seneca, Drusilla, Arnalta, Valetto, Damigella, Soldiers (tt), Pallas, Mercury, Nutrice, Amore:[]

Monteverdi: Incoronazione di Poppea, L'[Benvenuti version]:3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, 2 harp, strings::stage: 2 bands::[]

Monteverdi: Incoronazione di Poppea, L'[Ghedini version]:3 fl, 4 ob, 4 cl, 4 bsn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, organ, clavichord or piano, harp, strings::::[]

Monteverdi: Incoronazione di Poppea, L'[Krenek version]:fl, ob, cl, bsn, 2 hrn, trp, tbn, harp, harmonium, piano or cembalo::::[]

Monteverdi: Incoronazione di Poppea, L'[Malipiero version]:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, trp, harp, piano::::[]

Monteverdi: Incoronazione di Poppea, L'[American Opera Society]:strings, harp, piano::::[]

Glück: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis):2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, strings:SATTBB::Iphigenia, Clytemnestra, Achilles, Agamemnon, Patroclas, Calchas, Arkas, Artemis:[]

Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride (Iphigenia in Tauris):3 fl (bs fl), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, strings [Strauss version] 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp strings:SATTB::Iphigenia, Pylades, Orestes, Diana, Greek Woman, Two Priestesses, Minister, Scyth:[]

Rossini: Italiana in Algeri, L':2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, piano, strings:TTBB::Mustapha, Elvira, Isabella, Taddeo, Zulma, Haly:[]

Humperdinck: Königskinder, Die:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 3 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, celeste, strings:SAATTTBBBB:stage: 2 vln, vla, vcl, chimes, tam-tam (piano):King's Son, Goose Girl, Fiddler, Witch, Woodcutter, Broommaker, Innkeeper's daughter, Innkeeper, Stable Maid, Broommaker's Daughter, tailor, Senior Coucillor, Two Gatekeepers (bar, bar):[]

Delibes: Lakmé: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSTTBB:stage: fl, 2 picc, ob, cl, 2 hrn, side drum, triangle, cymbal, tambourine:Lakme, Gerald, Nilakantha, Frederic, Ellen, Rose, Mrs. Benson, Mallika:[]

Wagner: Lohengrin:3 fl, 3 ob (EH), 3 cl (bs cl), 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: picc, 2 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 12 trp, 3 tbn, side drum, harp:Lohengrin, Henry I, Frederick, Count Telramund, Elsa, Ortrud, Toyal Herald:[]

Charpentier: Louise:3 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 3 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, celeste, strings:SATB::Louise, Julien, The Mother, The Father:[]

Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges:3 fl (picc), 3 ob, EH, 3 cl (Eb, bs cl), 3 bsn (contra), 6 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (3 players), 2 harp, strings:SSAATTTTTBBBBB::Fata Morgana, The Prince, Truffaldino, Leandro, King of Clubs, Princess Clarissa, Pantalon, Celio, Ninetta, Smeralinna, Cleonte:[]

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, (tuba, opt.), timp, perc, harp, strings:SSTTBB:stage: band (4 hrn or 3 hrn plus tbn):Lucia, Edgardo, Enrico Ashton, Alisa, Normanno, Arturo Bucklaw, Raimondo Bidebent:[]

Nicolai: Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die:2 fl, 2 oc, 2 cl, 2bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, bells, harp, strings:SATB::Sir John Falstaff, Ford, Mr. Page, Fenton, Sistress Ford, Mistress Page, Anne Page, Slender, Caius:[]

Verdi: Macbeth:2 fl, 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: military band[Act I]; 4 trp [Act IV]; wind ensemble [Act III]; 2 ob, 6 cl, 2 bsn, contra:Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Macduff, Banquo, Lady-in-waiting, Malcolm:[]

Puccini: Madam Butterfly:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, bells, small bells, harp, strings:SSATT:stage: viola:Cio-Cio-San, Lt. B. F. Pinkerton, Sharpless, Suzuki, Kate Pinkerton, Prince, Yamadori, The Bonze:[]

Pergolesi: Maestro di Musica, Il:Strings:::Lamberto, Lauretta, Colagiani, Dorina:[]

Massenet: Manon:2 fl, 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATB:In cours la Reine scene: 2 vln, cl, bsn:Manon Lescaut, Des Grieux, Lescaut, Count Des Grieux, Guillot do Morfontaine, De Bretigny, Pousette, Javotte, Rosette:[]

Puccini: Manon Lescaut:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, bells, celeste, harp, strings:SATTBB:stage: side drum, trp:Manon Lescaut, Lescaut, Chevalier des Grieux, Geronte di Ravoir, Edmondo, Singer, Music Master, Naval Captain, Sergeant, Lamplighter:[]

Menotti: Maria Golovin:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, harp, xyl, perc (2 players), strings [reduced] fl (picc), ob (EH), 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, trp, tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:TB:stage: piano, jazz band (piano, cl, vln):Maria Golovin, Agata, The Mother, Dr. Zuckertanz, The Prisoner, Trottolo, young boy:[]

Flotow: Martha:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, bells, harp, strings:SATB:stage: band:Lady Harriet, Nancy, Lionel, Plunkett, Lord Tristan of Mickleforn, Sheriff:[]

Hindemith: Mathis der Maler:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (2 players), strings:SSAATTTBB:stage: 3 trp:Mathis (St. Anthony), Albrcht von Brandenburg, St. Paul, Lorenz von Pommersfelden, Wolfgang Capito, Ursula, Regina, Riedinger, Hans Schwalb, Countess von Helfenstein, Truchsess von Waldburg, Sylvester von Schaumberg:[]

Cimarosa: Matrimonio segreto, Il:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, timp, perc, strings:::Geronimo, Elisetta, Carolina, Fidalma, Count Robinson:[]

Gounod: Medecin malgre lui, Le:picc, fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bsn, 3 htn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, drums, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: trp:Louis XIV, Sganarelle, Martine, Leander, Lucinda, Valere, Geronte:[]

Cherubini: Medée [Medea]:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, timp, perc, strings:SSTTB:stage: band (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 htn, tbn):Medea, Glauce, Neris, Jason, Creon, Two maidservants, Captain of the Guard, Two Children:[]

Wagner: Meistersinger von Nürenberg, Die:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 3 htn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, cymbals, triangle, glockenspiel, harp, lute, strings:SSSSAAATTTTTTBBBB:stage: side drums, watchman�s horn, organ, several hrn, 6+ trp:Eva, Walther, Magdelena, David, Beckmesser, Pogner, Kothner:[]

Thomas: Mignon:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATB:stage: harp:Mignon, Philine, Wilhelm Meister, Lothario, Frederic, Laerte:[]

Haydn: Mondo della luna, Il:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 EH, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 htn, 2 trp, timp, strings:SATB::Buonafede, The Doctor, Cecco, Leandro, Clarissa, Lesetta, Four Zanies, Four Marionettes:[]

Thomson: Mother of Us All, The:fl (picc), ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, harp, celeste, xylo, bells, perc (2 players), piano, strings:SATB::Susan B. Anthony, Daniel Webster, Constance Fletcher, John Adams, Jo the Loiterer, Gertrude, Virgil, Indiani Elliot, Angel More, Chris the Citizen, Andrew Johnson, Thaddeus Stevens, Lillian Russell, Ulysses S. Grant, Anthony Comstock, Jenny, Refer, Anna Hore, Herman Atlan, Conald Gallup, Isabella Wentworth, Henry B., Indiana Elliot's Brother:[]

Bellini: Norma:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSTTBB:stage: military band:Norma, Adalgisa, Pollione, Oroveso, Flavio, Clotilde:[]

Mozart: Nozze de Figaro, Le:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, timp, strings:SATB::Figaro, Count Almaviva, Countess, Susanna, Cherubino, Marcellina, Dr. Bartolo, Don Basilio, Con Cruzio, Antonio, Barbarina:[]

Glück: Orfeo ed Euridice:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, cornetto, 3 tbn, timp, strings:SATB:stage: strings, harp, ob:Orfeo, Euridice, Amore, Ombra Felice:[]

Offenbach: Orphee aux enfers:2 fl, 1 or 2 ob, 2 cl, 1 or 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 1 or 3 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SSATTBB::Eurydice, Orpheus, Aristee (Pluto), Jupiter, Public Opinion, Cupidon, Mercury, John Styx, Venus, Diana, Mars, Juno:[]

Verdi: Otello:3 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 4 bsn, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 4 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSATB:stage: band; mandolins, guitars, cornemuse (EH), trp (6), 3-4 tbn:Otello, Cassio, Emilia, Roderigo, Lodovico, Montano, A Herald:[]

Wagner: Parsifal:3 fl, 3 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, 4 bells, 2 harp, strings:SSSAAATTTTBBBB:stage; 2 trp, 4 tbn, side drum:Kundry, Parsigal, Amfortas, Gurnemanz Klingsor, Titurel, First and Second Knights of the Grail, Four Esquires, Flower maidens (6):[]

Debussy: Pélleas et Melisande:3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, strings:AATBB:stage: bell:Melisande, Pelleas, Golaud, Arkel, Genevieve, Physician, Shepherd's Voice, Serving Women:[]

Offenbach: Perichole, La:[Met version] picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings::stage: band [original version] 2 fl, ov, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, perc, strings:Don Andres, La Perichole, Paquillo, Don Pedro, Count of Panatellas, Marquis of Tarapote, Guadelena and Estrella, Virginella, Old Prisoner, First and Second Notary, Four Ladies-in-waiting:[]

Britten: Peter Grimes:2 fl (2 picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (Eb), 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (2 players), celeste, harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: organ, dance band (2 cl, perc, solo vln, solo cb, piano):Peter Grimes, Ellen Orford, Captain Balstrode, Auntie, Niece I, Niece II, Bob Boles, Swallow, Sedley, Ned Keene, Hobson, Dr. Thorp, Boy:[]

Tchaikowsky: Pique Dame:picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, harp, timp, perc, strings:SSSAATTBB::Lisa, Countess, Count Tomsky, Prince Yeltsky, Pauline, Governess, Mascha, Tchekalinsky, Sourin, Tchaplitsky, Narumov, Master of Ceremonies, Chloe, Daphnis, Plutus:[]

Vaughan Williams: Poisoned Kiss, The:2 fl (picc), ob (EH), 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc (2 players), harp (or piano), strings:SATB::Dipsacus, Tormentilla, Empress Persicaria, Amaryllus, Gallanthus, Angelica, Hob, Gob, Lob, First Medium, Scond Medium, Third Medium, Attendant, Physician:[]

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess:2 fl, 2 ob, 4 cl, bsn, 3 hrn, 3 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, itimp, perc (2 players), piano, strings:SSAATBB::Porgy, Bess, Sportin' Life, Crown, Clara, Serena, Maria, Jake, Mingo, Robbins, Peter, Frazier, Lily, Strawberry Woman, Jim, Undertaker, Nelson, Crab Man:[]

Borodin: Prince Igor:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, piano, strings:SSAATTTTBBBB::Jaroslavna, Kontchakovna, Vladimir, Prince Igor, Khan Kontchak, Galitzky, Khan Gzak, Ovlour, Sulka, Eroshka, Young Polovtsian Maiden:[]

Wolf-Ferrari: Quattro rusteghi, I (The Four Ruffians/The School for Fathers):2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 htn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (3 players), harp, strings:::Lucieta, Marina, Felice, Margarita, Filipeto, Riccardo, Lunardo, Maurizio, Simon, Canciano, Maid:[]

Stravinsky: Rake's Progress, The:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, timp, piano, strings:SATB::Anne, Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Baba the Turk, Trulove, Mother Goose, Sellem, Keeper of the Madhouse:[]

Britten: Rape of Lucretia, The:fl (picc, bs fl), ob (EH, cl (bs cl), bsn, hrn, perc, harp, string qt, cb, piano:SATB::Male Chorus, Female Chorus, Lucretia, Collatinus, Junius, Prince Tarquinius, Bianca, Lucia:[]

Gretry: Richard Coeur do Lion (Richard the Lionhearted):2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SSTTBB::Marguerite, Laurette, Richard, Blondel, Antonio, Sir William, Folrestan:[]

Verdi: Rigoletto:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, strings:SATB, TTBB:stage: band for available players:Duke of Mantua, Gilda, Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Maddelena, Count Monterone, Giovanna, Count Ceprano, a Page:[]

Wagner: Ring des Nibelungen, Der:3 fl, picc, 3 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 8 hrn (2 ten tuba, 2 bs tuba), 3 trp, bs trp, 3 tbn, contra bs tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 18 anvil, 8 harp, large string section:STTBB:stage: 3 stierhorn, horn, EH:Fricka, Loge, Wotan, Alberich, Freia, Erda, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Froh, Donner, Meme, Fasolt, Fafner, Nibelungs, Sieglinde, Brunnhilde, Siegmund, Wotan, Fricka, Hunding, Helmwige, Ortlinde, Gerhilde, Waltraute, Siegrune, Rossweise, Grimgerde, Schwertleie, Der Wanderer, Fafner, Voice of Forest Bird, Hagen, Gutrune, Gunther, Three Norns:[]

Wagner: Ring des Nibelungen, Der: 1. Rheingold, Das:3 fl, picc, 3 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 8 hrn (2 ten tuba, 2 bs tuba), 3 trp, bs trp, 3 tbn, contra bs tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 18 anvil, 7 harp, large string section:::Fricka, Loge, Wotan, Alberich, Freia, Erda, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Froh, Donner, Meme, Fasolt, Fafner, Nibelungs:[]

Wagner: Ring des Nibelungen, Der: 2. Walküre, Die:3 fl, picc, 3 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 8 hrn (2 ten tuba, 2 bs tuba), 3 trp, bs trp, 3 tbn, contra bs tbn, tuba, timp, perc,, 6 harp, large string section::stage: 2 stierhorn:Sieglinde, Brunnhilde, Siegmund, Wotan, Fricka, Hunding, Helmwige, Ortlinde, Gerhilde, Waltraute, Siegrune, Rossweise, Grimgerde, Schwertleite:[]

Wagner: Ring des Nibelungen, Der: 3. Siegfried:2 fl, picc, 3 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 8 hrn (2 ten tuba, 2 bs tuba), 3 trp, bs trp, 3 tbn, contra bs tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 6 harp, large string section::stage: hrn, EH:Brunnhilde, Siegfried, Der Wanderer, Meme, Alberich, Fafner, Voice of Forest Bird, Erda:[]

Wagner: Ring des Nibelungen, Der: 4. Götterdämmerung:3 fl, picc, 3 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 8 hrn (2 ten tuba, 2 bs tuba), 3 trp, bs trp, 3 tbn, contra bs tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 8 harp, large string section:STTBB:stage: 2-3 stierhorn:Brunnhilde, Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune, Gunther, Alberich, Waltraute, Three Norns, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde:[]

Gounod: Romeo et Juliette:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, perc, timp, harp, strings, organ:SATB::Juliette, Romeo, Mercutio, Frere Laurent, Strphano, Gertrude, Tybalt, Count Capulet, Gregory, Benvolio, Duke of Verona, Count Paris:[]

Strauss, R.: Rosenkavalier, Der:3 fl (picc), 3 ob (EH), 3 cl, basset hrn (bs cl), 3 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, perc (3 players), 2 harp, celeste, strings:SAATTBB:stage: 2 fl, ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, trp, side drum, piano, harmonium:Princess von Werdenberg (The Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie, baron, Ochs von Lerchenau, Herr von faninal, Singer, Marianne, Valzacchi, Annina:[]

Menotti: Saint of Bleeker Street, The:3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn,contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, piano, strings:SSAATTBB::Annina, Desideria, Michele, Don Marco, Assunta, Carmela, Maria Corona, Salvatore:[]

Saint-Säens: Samson and Delilah:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 cornet, 3 tbn, tuba, 2 opheclide, perc (4-5 players), timp, 2 harp, strings:SSAATTBB::Samson, Delila, High Priest, Abimelech, Old Hebrew:[]

Strauss, R.: Schweigsame Frau, Die (The Silent Woman):3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp (2 players), perc, celeste, organ, harp, strings:SATTBB::Aminta, Henry Morosus, Cutbeard, Sir Blunt Morosus, Housekeeper, Isotta, Carlotta, Vanuzzi, Farfallo:[]

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSAATTTBB:stage: 2 or more trp, harp, 2 tbn, bells:Amelia Grimaldi (Maria Boccanegra), Gabriele Adorno, Simon Boccanegra, Paolo Albiani, Pietro, a Cartain:[]

Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:::Sir Hugh Evans, Slender, Page, Sir John Falstaff, Nym, Postol, Anne Page, Mrs. Page, Mrs. Ford, Fenton, Dr. Caius, Mrs. Quickly, Host of the Garter Inn, Ford, Shallow, Peter Simple, Bardolph, Rugby, John, Robert:[]

Weisgall: Six Characters in Search of an Author:2 fl (alto, picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn (contra), 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, celeste, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: upright piano:The Director, The Coloratura, Father, Strpdurghter, Mother, Tenore Buffo, Accompanist, Basso Cantante, Stage Manager, Prompter, Mezzo, Wardrobe Mistress, The Son, Madame Pace, The Boy, The Little Girl:[]

Bellini: Sonnambula, La:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, strings:SSATTBB:stage: military band:Amina, Lisa, Elvino, Rodolfo, Terese, Alessio, Notary:[]

Floyd: Susannah:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, celeste, harp, xylo, strings [reduced version] 2 fs (picc), ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATB::Susannah Polk, Olin Blitch, Little Bat McLean, Elder, McLean, Elder Gleaton, Elder Hayes, Elder Ott, Mrs. McLean, Mrs, Gleaton, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs, Ott:[]

Beeson: Sweet Bye-and-Bye, The:2 fl (2 picc), bo, 2 cl (bs cl), bsn, 3 hrn, trp, tbn, timp, harp, celeste, perc, piano, strings:SSAATTBB::Sister Rose Ora Easter, Sister Gladys, Mother Rainey, Billy Wilcox, Sister Rees, Mary Jane Ripley, Brother Smiley:[]

Giannini: Taming of the Shrew, The:4 fl (picc), 4 ob (EH), 4 cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, 2 tuba, perc, timp, harp, celeste, xylo, strings [reduced version] 3 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 2 tbn, bs tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, piano, strings:SATB::Baptista, Katharina, Bianca, Petruchio, Hortensio, Lucentio, Gremio, Vincentio, Tranio, Biondello, Grumio, Curtis, a Pedant, a Tailor:[]

Wagner: Tannhäuser:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: [Act I, i] 2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, harp [ii] EH, 12 hrn; [Act II] 12 trp; [Act III] 2 orch each of picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, perc:Elisabeth, Venus, Tannhauser, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Hermann, Walther von der Vogelweide, Biterolf, Heinrich, Der Schreiber, Reinmar von Zweter, Young Shepherd:[]

Copland: Tender Land, The:2 fl (picc), ob, EH, 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, perc (2 players), harp, piano, strings:SATB::Laurie, Ma Moss, Martin, Tip, Grandpa Moss, Beth Moss, Mr. Splinters, Mrs. Splinters, Mr. Jenks, Mrs, Jenks, Three Guests (s, t, bs):[]

Massenet: Thaïs:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, cl, bs cl, 2 csn, contra, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSSATTTTBB:stage: fl, EH, cl 2 harp, harmonium; stage band: ob, EH, piano, timp, perc:Thais, Athanael, Nicias, Crobyle, Myrtale, Albine, Servant, Palemon, La Charmeuse:[]

Puccini: Tosca:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, bells, small bells, celeste, harp, strings:SSATTBB::Floria Tosca, Mario Cavaradossi, Baron Scarpia, Cesare Angelotti, Sacristan, Spoletta, Jailer, Shepherd Boy:[]

Verdi: Traviata, La:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, bs drum, triangle, nakers (drums), tambourine, strings:SSATTBB:stage: band as per conditions, oftern played form pit:Violetta Valery, Alfredo Germont, Giorgio Germont, Flora Bervoix, Baron Douphol, Gastone, Marquis D'Obight, Doctor Grenville, Annina:[]

Bacon: Tree on the Plains, A:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 csn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, harp, piano, timp, perc, xylo, bells, celeste, strings. Guitar, accordion is available:SATB::Lou, Pop, Corrie Mae, Mom, Buddy, a Neighbor, Another Neighbor, Little Shirley, the Reverend:[]

Scarlatti: Trionfo del onore, Il (The Triumph of Honor):Strings, harpsichord:::Riccardo Albenori, Leonora Dorini, Erminio, Dora Rossette, Flaminio, Cornelia, Captain Bombarda:[]

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde:3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:TTBB:stage: [Act II] 3 trp, 3 tbn, 6 hrn; [Act III] EH:Isolde, Brangane, Tristan, Kurvenal, King Marke, Melot, a Shepherd, a Steersman, a Sailor's Voice:[]

Walton: Troilus and Cressida:3 fl, 3 ob (EH), 3 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (4-5 players), 2 harp, celeste, strings:SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB:stage: hrn, 4 trp, bells, 2 drum:Cressida, Triolus, Pandarus, Diomede, Calkas, Evadne, Antenor, Horaste:[]

Verdi: Trovatore, Il:2 f (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, organ, bells, harp, strings:SATB:stage: harp, hrn, side drum, Anvils:Manrico, Count di Luna, Leonora, Azucena, Ferrando, Inez, Ruiz:[]

Puccini: Turandot:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, Chinese gong, tubular bells, celeste, 2 xylo, 2 harp, strings:SATTB:stage: brass, contra sax:Turandot, Calaf,, Liu, Timur, Ping, Pang, Pong, Altoum, a Herald:[]

Rossini: Turco in Italia, Il:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, strings:SATTB::Sultan Selim of Turkey, Don Geronio, Fiorilla, Narciso, The Poet, Zaida:[]

Britten: Turn of the Screw, The:fl (picc, bs fl), ob (EH), cl (bs cl), bsn, hrn, harp, perc, piano (celeste), 2 vln, vla, vcl, cb:::governess, Mrs. Grose, Miss Jessel, Peter Quint, Miles, Flora, Prologu (t, sung by Quint):[]

Barber: Vanessa:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, celeste, harp, strings:SATB:stage: [Act I] bells; [Act II] organ; [Act III] dance orchestra: fl, ob, 2 cl (Eb), 2 bsn, 2 hrn, trp, sn drum, accordion, strings; [Act IV] horn imitates dog:Vanessa, Erika, Anatol, Doctor, Old Baroness, Nicholas, Footman, Young Pastor:[]

Massenet: Werther:2 fl, ob, EH, 2 cl, alto sax, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSA::Charlotte, Sophie, Werther, Albert, Le Bailli, Schmidt, Johann:[]

Bergsma: Wife of Martin Guerre, The:2 fl (picc), ob, cl (bs cl), bsn, trp, hrn, harp, perc, strings:SATB:stage: fife, shawm, bagpipes:Bertrande, Martin Guerre, The Impostor, Catherine,, Uncle Pierre, Diane, Annette Guerre, Father Antoine, Old Guerre, Sanx:[]

Berg: Wozzeck:4 fl (picc), 4 ob (EH), 4 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 4 tbn, tuba, harp, celeste, timp (2 players), perc, xylo, strings:SATTBBBB:stage: [Act I] military band: picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl (eb), 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, bs drum, side drum, triangle; [Act II] 2 vls, cl accordion, guitar, small tuba, upright piano; [Act III] chamber orch: (from pit) fl (picc), ob, EH, Eb cl, A cl, bs cl, bsn, contra, 2 hrn, string quintet:Marie, Captain, Drum Major, Wozzeck, Doctor, Margret, Andres, Child, Apprentices (bs, bar), Fool, Soldier, Townsman:[]

Floyd: Wuthering Heights:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATB::Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff, Nelly, Edgar Linton, Isabella Linton, Hindley, Mr. Earnshaw, Joseph, Lockwood, Mrs. Linton, Servant:[]

Mozart: Zauberflöte, Die:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl (2 basset hrn), 2 bsn , 2 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, keyboard glockenspiel, strings:SATTBB::Queen of the Night, Tamino, Papageno, Sarastro, Papagena, Monostatos, Three Ladies, Three Genii, Speaker of the Temple, Two Priests, Two Men in Armor:[]

Strauss, Jr.: Zigeunerbaron, Der (The Gypsy Baron):2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, bs drum, sn drum, harp, glockenspiel, strings:SSAATTBB::Sandor Barinkay (The Gyspy Baron), Czipra, Saffi, Arsena, Kalman Zsupan:[]

Menotti: Amelia al ballo[62, 1 act]:3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, celeste, xylo, harp, strings [reduced version] 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, celeste, xylo, harp, strings:SATB::Amelia, the Husband, the Lover, Amelia's Friend, Chief of Police, First and Second Maids:[]

Bartok: Herzog Blaubarts Berg[66, 1 act] (Bluebeard's Castle):4 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 4 bsn, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 4 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, celeste, organ, strings::stage: 4 trp, 4 tbn:Judith, Bluebeard, the Bard, Bluebeard's Three Former Wives:[]

Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana[68, 1 act]:2 picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, strings:SSATB-large chorus:stage: organ, harp:Santuzza, Turiddu, Lola, Alfio, Lucia:[]

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas[75, 3 acts (2 versions)]:Strings, continuo:SATB, SATB::Dido, Aeneas, Belinda, First Woman, Second Woman, Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch, Sorcerer, Sailor:[]

Mussorgsky[Blatt]: Fair at Sorochinsk, The[53, 2 acts (original is 3 acts)]:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc (3 players), small string section:SSAATTBB::Parassia, Khivria, Gritzko, Tcherevik, Afanasi, Tzigane, Tcherevik's Crony, Two Guests, Two Jews, Two Gypsies:[]

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi[48, 1 act]:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs, cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, bs tbn, timp, perc, harp, celeste, bells, strings [reduced version] 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, celeste, bells, harp, strings:::Lauretta, Rinuccio, Gianni Schicche, Zita, Gherardo, Nella, Betto, Simone, Marco, La Ciesca, Master Spinelloccio, Amantio di Nicoloso:[]

Ravel: L'Heure espagnole[50, 1 act]:3 fl, 2 ob (EH), 3 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, celeste, strings:::Conception, Gonzalve, Torquemada, Ramiro, Don Inigo:[]

Poulenc: Mamelles de Tiresias, Les[50, 2 acts] (The Bosom of Therese):3 fl, 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, piano, strings:SSAATTBB::Therese and Card-reader, Jusband, Gendarme, Manager, Newspaper Seller, Elegant Woman, Large Woman, Presto, Lacouf, Newspaperman, Son, Bearded Man:[]

Stravinsky: Oediups Rex[50, 2 acts]:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 3 cl (Eb), 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, itmp, perc, harp, piano, strings:TTBB::Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, Tiresias, Shephers, Messenger:[]

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci[73, 2 acts]:2 fl, picc, 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, bs, cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp:SSTTBB:stage: bells, ob, vln, bs drum, trp:Canio, Nedda, Tonio, Silvio, Beppe:[]

Strauss, R.: Salome[90, 1 act]:picc, 3 fl, 2 ob, EH, hecklephone, 4 cl, Eb, bs cl, 3 bsn, contra, 6 hrn, 4 trp, 4 tbn, tuba, timp (2 players), perc (6-7 players), 2 harp, celeste, strings [reduced version] 3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (3 players), harp, celeste, strings::stage: organ:Salome, Herod, Herodias, Jokanaan, Marraboth, Page of Herodias:[]

Wolf-Ferrari: Segreto di Susanna, Il[40, 1 act]:3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, harp, strings:::Susanna, Count Gil, Sante:[]

Puccini: Suor Angelica[53, 1 act]:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, bs tbn, perc, harp, strings:SSSTB:stage: piano, organ, 3 trp, picc, bells:Sister Angelica, the Princess, the Abbess, Mistress of Novices, Sister Genevieve, Sister Osmina, Sister Dolcina, Nursing Sister, Two Attending Nuns, Two Novices, Two Lay-Sisters:[]

Puccini: Tabarro, Il[54, 1 act] (The Cloak):3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, small bells, celeste, hand organ, harp, strings [reduced version] 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, small bells, celeste, harp, strings.:STBB:stage: cornet, harp:Giorgetta, Michele, Luigi, Frugola, Talpa, Two Lovers, Song Vendor:[]

Menotti: Telephone, The[25, 1 act]:fl, ob, cl, bsn, hrn, trp, perc, piano, strings:::Lucy, Ben:[]

William Bolcom [Edward B. Marks, Presser, Hal Leonard]: View from the Bridge, A:3*3*3***3* 43*31 Perc(3) Timp Hp Kbd Str:::Soloists: B-Bar., Bar.(2), Bass(2), Sop.(3), Ten.(3), Alto:Opera in two acts; Libretto by Arthur Miller and Arnold Weinstein[]

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina [Rimsky-Korsakov]:::::see Shostakovich version[]

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina [Shostakovich]:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cs, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, 2-4 harp, piano, timp, perc, celeste, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: hrns, trps, tbns:Ivan Khovansky, marfa, Andre Khovansky, Dosigei, Shaklovity, Emma, Scrivener, Susanna:[]

Verdi: Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, I:picc, fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, org (opt), strings:SATB::Arvino, Pagano, Viclinda, Giselda, Oronte, Pirro, Prior of Milan, Acciang, Sofia:[]

Mozart: Lucio Silla:2 ob, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, timp, strings:SATB::Lucio Silla, Giunia, Cecilio, Cinna, Celia, Augidio:[]

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, prc, bells, harp, strings:SATB::Algonso D'Este, Lucrezia Borgia, Gennaro, Maffio Orsini, Jeppo Liverotto, Con Apostolo Gazella, Ascanio, Petrucci, Oloferno Vitellozzo, Gubetta, Rustighello, Astolfo:[]

Verdi: Luisa Miller:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, org, strings:SSTTBB::Luisa, Rodolfo, Miller, Count Walter, Federica, Laura:[]

Berg: Lulu:3 fl (2picc), 3 ob (EH), alto saz, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, 4 timp and perc, vib, harp, piano, strings::stage: jazz band: 3 cl (ten sax), alto sax, 2 jazz trp, banjo:Lulu, Dr. Schon, Countess Geschwitz, Alwa, Painter, Schigolch, Animal Trainer, Rodrigo, Schoolboy/Wardrobe Mistress, Theater Manager, Prince, Servant, Dr. Goll, Jack the Ripper:[]

Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, strings:SATB:stage: 2 picc, 2 cl, 2 hrn, tbn, tamb, string quintet:Leveo, Hanna, Mayor, Sister-in-Law, Village Clerk, Distiller, Kalenik, Nymphs, Stepmother, Hens, Ravens:[]

Boito: Mefistofele:3 fl (3 picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, organ, strings:SATB:stage: Eb cl, 2 cl, pist, 3 hrn, 2 flugelhrn, tam-tam, 3 rbn, tuba, dr, bells, cym, acc, fogliello, genis:Mefistofele, faust, Margherita, Marta, Wagner, Elena, Pantalis, Nereo:[]

Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream, A:2 fl (picc), ob (EH), 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, trp, tbn, perc, 2 harp, harpsichord, celeste, strings::stage: sopranino recorders, small cym, wood blk:Oberon, Titania, Hippolita, Theseus, Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, Bottom, Puck, Quince, Flute, Snug, Snout, Starveling, Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mustardseed, Moth:[]

Gounod: Mireille:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 3 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSTTBB:stage: organ, trp:Mireille, Vincent, Ourrias, Ramon, Taven, Vincinette, Ambroise, Andreloun, Clemence, Boatman, An Arlisien, Celestrial Voice:[]

Schoenberg: Moses und Aaron:3 fl (picc), 3 ob IEH), Eb cl, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 3 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc ( include. Glock, xylo, flexatone), harp, piano, celeste, 2 mandolin, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: picc, fl, cl, EH, hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, bs dr, tamb, gongs, cy, xylo, pinao, 2 mandolin, 2 guitar:Moses, Aaron, Young Maiden, Gemale Invalid, Young Man, Naked Youth, Man, Ephraimite, Priest, Four Naked Virgins, Voice from Burning Bush, [roles from chours]:[]

Levy: Morning Becomes Electra:3 fl (picc), 3 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl, sax), 2 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, harp, organ, piano, celeste, elect guit, perc, strings:::Christine, Mannon, Lavinia Mannon, Jed, Adam, Brant, Peter Niles, Helen Niles, General Ezra Mannon, Orin Mannon:[]

Verdi: Nabucco:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, strings:SSATTBB:stage: band:Nabucco, Ismael, Zaccaria, Abigaille, Fenena, High Priest, Anna, Abdallo:[]

Shostakovich: Nose, The:2 fl (picc, alto fl), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (Eb, bs cl), 2 bsn (contra), hrn, trp (conr a piston), tbn, 2 harp, piano, perc, strings, balalaikas:SATB (very elabotate, divided into many parts with solos::Platon Kusmich Kovalioff, Ivan Yakovlevich, Police Commissioner, Ivan, Councilor, of State, Praskovia Ossipovna, Alexandra Grigorievna Podtotchina, Her Daughter, Advertising Editor, Doctor, Yarizhkin:[]

von Weber: Oberon:2 fl, 2 picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SATB::Oberon, Puck, Reiza, Fatima, Juon of Bordeaux, Sherasmin, Marmaids, [speaking roles]:[]

Rossini: Otello:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, tbn, timp, perc, strings:SATB::Otello, Desdemona, Rodrigo, Elmiro, Emilia, The Doge, Gondolier, Lucio:[]

Bizet: Pecheurs de Perles, Les:2 fl, 2 ob (2 EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATTBB::Leila, Nadir, Zurga, Nourabad:[]

Meyerbeer: Prophete, Le:picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 4 bsn, 3 hrn, 2 pist, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: 2 small sax, 4 sop sax, 4 trp, 4 alto sax, 2 ten sax, 2 contra bass sax, drum:Berthe, Fides, Jean of Leyden, Count Oberthal, Jonas, Mathissen, Zacharias:[]

Wagner: Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, contra, 3 hrn, 4 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSSATTBB - very large::Cola Rienzi, Irene, Strffano Colonna, Adriano, Paolo Orsini, Raimindo, Baroncelli, cecco, Messenger of Peace, Herald:[]

Handel: Rinaldo:sopranino recvorder, 2 recorders, 4 ob, 4 bsn, 4 trp, timp, harpsichord, strings (conituno sometimes used):combined solo voices::Goffredo, Almirena, Rinaldo, Argante, Armida, Eustazio, Christian Magician, Two Mermaids, Herald:[]

Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable:3 fl (picc), 3 ob (EH), 3 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn (bs tbn), tuba, timp, perc, bells, 2 harp, org, strings:SSATTBB:stage: cym, tri, picc, 4 trp, 4 hrn, 3 tbn:Fobert le Diable, Albert, Raimbaut, Bertram, Alice, Isabella:[]

Handel: Rodelinda:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, strings, cembalo:SATB::Rosalinka, Bertaric, Grimwald, Hadwig, Garibald, Hunolf, Flavius:[]

Puccini: Rondine, La:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, celeste, strings:SSTTBB::Magda de Cvry, Lisette, Ruggero Lastouc, Prunier, Rimbaldo Fernandez, Perichaud, Gobin, Crebillon, Yvette, Bianca, Suzy, Rabonnier, Butler, A Singer, A Grisette, A Student:[]

Dvorak: Rusalka, or The Mermaid:picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp , strings:SATB, SSAA::Rusalka, Prince, Watersprite, Jezibaba, Foreign Princess, Hunter, Gamekeeper, Kitchenboy:[]

Glinka: Russlan und Ludmilla:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 2 tbn, timp, perc, piano, strings:SSATB:stage: 2 trp, perc:Svietozar, Ludmilla, Russlan, Ratmir, Farlaf, Finn, Naina, Gorislava, Bayan, Chernomor, Aedo:[]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 3 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp (picc), 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, bells, 2 harp, piano, org, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: 3 trp:Sadko, Ljuba Busslajevna, Najata, Volkova, King of the Sea, Duda, Popiel, Viking Merchant, Jindu Merchant, Venetian Merchant, Foma Nasaritch, Luka Senovitch, Two Mountebanks, Two Soothsayers, Apparition, Pilgrim:[]

Rossini: Semiramide:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SSATB:stage: ??? 2 fl, 2 ob, 4 cl, 2 alto sax, ten sax, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 3 tbn, 2 tuba, ten flicorno, bar flicorno:Semiramide, Arsace, Assur, Idreno, Oroe, Nino, Azema, Mitrane:[]

Rossini: Siege of Corinth, The:2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, strings:SSTTBB::Maometto II, Pamira, Neocle, Cleomene, Jero, Ismene, Omar:Rossini made two version of this opera; one has an Overture and added ending[]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Snegorotchka [The Snow Maiden]:3 fl, 2, ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, cel , strings:SATB::Snegorotchka, King Winter, Fairy Spring, Lel, Koupava, Mizogyr, Tsar, Villager, His Wife, Wood Ghost, Carnival King, Bermyata, Two Heralds, Page:ballet, folk dances [Act III][]

Handel: Susanna:[Barnard-Columbia version] fl, 2 ob, bsn, 2 trp, harpsichord, 3 vln, vla, vcl, cb:SATB::Susanna, Daniel, Joachim, First Elder, Second Elder, Chelseas, an Attendant, Judge:often considered an oratorio[]

Albert, d': Tiefland:3 fl (picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATB:stage: cl (can be from orch), bells:Sebastiano, Marta, Pedro, Tommaso, Moruccio, Nuri, Antonia, Rosella, Nando, a Voice(bar), Priest:[]

Korngold: Tote Stadt, Die:3 fl (3 picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, bs trp, 3 tbn, tuba, 2 harp, celeste, piano, harm, mandolin, timp, perc (3-4), strings:SATB:stage: org, 2 trp, 2 Eb cl, glock, wind machine, 2 tbn, perc:Paul, Marietta, Frank, Fritz, Count Albert, Brigitta, Vision Gaston, Victorin:[]

Berlioz: Troyens, Les [part II entitled; The Trojans at Carthage]:2 fl (2 picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 4 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 crnt, 3 tbn, ophicleide (tuba), timp, perc: bs dr, cym, tri, sn dr, ten dr, sistres; 2 harp (doubled), stings:part I: SSATTBB; part II; SATBB:stage: 3 groups: I-petit saxhrn, suraigu (picc trp), 2 trp, 3 crnt, 3 tbn, oph; II-2 sop saxhrn, 2 alto saxhrn, 2 ten saxhrn, 2 bs saxhrn, cym; III-3 ob, harp (doubled):Cassandra, Choroebus, Aeneas, Helenus, Hecuba, Pantheus, Priam, Ghost of Hector, Polyxena, Andromache, Astyanax; part II: Dido, Aeneas, Ascanius, Narbal, Pantheus, Iopas, Hylas, Mercury, Two Soldiers, Ghost of Cassandra, Ghost of Choroebus, Ghost of Hector, Ghost of Priam:ballet in parts I and II; complete opera (2 parts) is about 4-1/2 hours[]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar Saltan:large orchestra:SSAATTBB (large chorus broken up into small groups)::Tsar Saltan, Tsaritsa Militrisa, Povarika, Tkachika, Baba Babarika, Prince Ovidon, Swan Princess, Old Grandfather, Shomorch:[]

Busoni: Turandot:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl (bs cl), 2 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, perc, harp, celeste, strings:SSATTB:stage: 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, dr, bells:Turandot, Kalaf, Altoum, Adelma, Barak, Truffaldino, Pantalone, tartglia, Eight Doctors, a Singer, The Executioner:ballet[]

Verdi: Vespri Siciliani, I:2 fl (2 picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings (Met uses no picc, no perc according to Eaton):SATTB:stage: side dr, castagnetta:Guido di Montforte, Arrigo, Duchess Elena, Giovanni da Procida, Bethune, Count Vaudimont, Ninetta, Daniele, Tebaldo, Roberto, Manfredo:ballet: The Four Seasons[]

Catalani: Wally, La:3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, organ, harp, strings:SSATTBB:stage: band:Wally, Stromminger, Walter, Giuseppe Hagenbach of Solden, Vincenzo Gellner of Hichstoff, Wanderer:ballet[]

Prokofiev: War and Peace:3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 3 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSATTBB:stage: band for dancing:Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Ilya, Natasha, Pierre, Helene, Anatol, Dolokhov, Michael, Vassili Denisov, Nicolai, Princess Marie, Sonya, Princess Maria Akhrosimova, Platon Karateyev:ballet in Ball scene[]

Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, timp, perc, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: picc, cl, 2 bsn 2 hrn:Peter I (Peter Michailov), Peter Ivanov, Van Bett, Marie, Marquis do Chateauneuf, Admiral Lefort, Lord Syndham:ballet[]

Cil�a: Adriana Lecouvreur:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, celeste, strings:SSATTBB::Adriana Lecouvreur, Princess de Bouillon, Maurizio, Michonnet, Mlle Jouvenot, Mlle Dangeville, Poisson, Quinault, Abbe de Chazeuil, Prince de Bouillon:ballet in Act III[]

Strauss, R.: Aegyptische Helena, Die:4 fl, 2 ob, EH, 3 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, 6 hrn, 6 trp, 4 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, celeste, organ, cembalo, strings:SATB:stage: 6 ob, 6 cl, 2 tamb, 4 tri, timp, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn:Helena, Menelaus, Aithra, Altair, Sea-Shell, Servants:[]

Meyerbeer: Africaine, L':2 picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 4 bsn, alto sax, 4 hrn, 2 crnt, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SSAATTBB:stage: 2 ob, 3 htn, 2 bsn, 2 harp, harm, dr, bells, 2 sop'nino sax, 4 sop sax, 4 alto sax, 2 bar sax, 4 trp, 6 bs sax:Inez, Selika, Vasco da Gama, Nelusco, Don Pedro, Don Diego, Anna, Don Alvar, Grand Inquisitor, High Priest of Brahma:Indian march and ballet[]

Mascagni: Amico Fritz, L':3 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, perc, harp, strings::stage: oboe:Fritz Kobus, Suzel, Beppe, David, Hanezo, Federico, Caterina:[]

Barber: Antony and Cleopatra:3 fl (2 picc, alto fl), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 htn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc (6), piano. celeste, 2 harp, strings:SSATB:stage: 4 trp, 4 tbn, prc, Spanish guitar, Ondes Marinot:Cleopatra, Antony, Caesar, Enobarbus, Octavia, Charmain, Iras, Dorabella, Mardian, Soothsayer, Thidias, Agrippa, Lepidus, Maecenas, Eros, Candidus, Demetrius, Scartus, Decretas, a Rustic, Messenger, ALexas, Voice offstage (s):elaborate ballet in Act I - Egyptian girls with cymbals, clappers, tambourines, drums[]

Dukas: Ariane et Bare Bleu:3 fl (2 picc), 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn, contra, 4 htn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, celeste, strings:TTBB::Blue Beard, Ariane, Nurse, 5 wives: Selysette, Ygraine, Melisande, Bellangere, Alladine; Old Peasant, Two Peasants:[]

Dvorak: Armida:picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, harp, timp, perc, strings:SSAATTBB::Hydraot, Armida, Ismen, Bohumir, Peter the Hermit, Rinald, Gernand, Dudo, Ubald, Sven, Roger, Hlasate, Muezin, Sirena:[]

Haydn: Armida:fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, timp, cembalo, strings:::Armida, Zelmira, Rinaldo, Ubaldo, Clotarco, Idreno:[]

Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny:2 fl, ob, cl, alto sax, ten sax, 2 bsn (contra), 2 hrn, 3 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, piano, harm ad lib, banjo, bs guitar, bandoneon:SATB:stage: 2 fl, picc, 2 cl, 3 sax, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, tuba, perc, piano, zither, xylo, banjo, bandoneon (from orchestra):Leocadia Begbick, Fatty, Trinity Moses, Jenny, Jim Mahoney, Jack, Billy Bankbook, ALaska Wolf Joe, Toby Higgins:[]

Berlioz: B�atrice et B�n�dict:2 fl (picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 crnt a pist, 3 tbn, timp, guit, perc, 2 harp, tamb, strings:SSATTBB:stage: 2 ob, 2 bsn, 2 trp, crnt a pist, tamb, large dr, cym, 2 small dr, 2 guitar:Beatrice, Hero, Benedict, Ursula, Somarone, Claudio, Don Pedro, Leonato:[]

Gay [Pinkham]: Beggar's Opera, The [modern, 1955 version]:fl, ob, hrn, trp, timp, harpsichord, strings:SATB (small)::Mr. Peachum, Mrs, Peachum, Polly, Cartain MacHeath, Lockit, Lucy:[]

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini:2 fl (2 picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 4 bsn, 4 hrn, 4 trp, 2 crnt, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, strings:SATTBB::Balducci, Teresa, Benvenuto Cellini, Ascanio, Fieramosca, Pompeo, Francesco, Bernardino, Innkeeper, Officer:[]

von Supp�: Boccaccio:orchestra not specified:SATB::Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro, Barber Scalza, Beatrice, Cooper Lotteringhi, Isabella, Grocer Lambertuccio, Peronilla, Fiammetta:Pantomime in Act II[]

Alfano, Franco [Ricordi]: Cyrano de Bergerac:3.3.3.2. - 4.3.3.1. Timp, Perc, Xylo, Celeste, Harp, Strings:SATB:stage: strings:ROSSANA, s. - CYRANO, t. - DE GUICHE, br. - CRISTIANO, t. - RAGUENAU, br. - LE BRET, br. - La governante, ms. - Lisa, s. - Visconte De Valvert, br. - Carbon, b. - Ligni�re, b. comico - Suor Marta, ms. - Una suora, s. - Un ufficiale spagnolo, br. - Un cuoco, br. - Un moschettiere, b. comico:ballet[]

Britten: Death in Venice:2(picc).2.2(bs cl).2 - 2221 - timp - perc(5): 2 SD/2 TD/2 BD/tuned drum/3 tom-t/3 ch.dr/small drum/cyms/2 susp.cym/pair small cym/tamb/wdbl/tgl/2 whip/2 tunedgong/2 tam-t/wind machine/bells/bell tree/crot/vib/2 glsp/2 xyl/mar - pno - harp - strings:::Gustav von Aschenbach(T),the traveller/multiple role(B-Bar),the voice of Apollo(counter-tenor):[]

Berlioz: Damnation de Faust, La:2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, bs cl, 4 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 crnt, 3 tbn, 2 tuba, 2 harp, 8 timp (2 players), bs dr, cym, sn dr, tam-tam, strings:SSATTBB::Marguerite, Faust, Mephistophiles, Brander:ballet[]

Strauss, R.: Daphne:3 fl, 2 ob, EH, 3 cl, basset hrn, bs cl, 3 bsn, contra, 4 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, org, strings:SATB:stage: Alpine horn:Peneios, Gaea, Daphne, Leukippos, Apollo, Four Shepherds, Two Maids:ballet at feast of Dionysus[]

Busoni: Doktor Faust:2 fl, picc, 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, bs cl, 3 bsn (contra), 5 hrn, 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, 2 harp, cel, org, strings:SSATTBB:stage: 2 hrn, 3 trp, tbn, vln, vla, vcl, glock:Doktor Faust, Mephistopheles, Night Watchman, Wagner, Duchess of Parma, Duke of Parma:ballet[]

Bellini: Puritani, I:picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl in A, 2 bsn, 4 hrn in D, 3 trp in D, 3 trp, 3 tbn, timp, bs dr, cym, strings
instruments used before modern instrumentation: Bb cl, hrn in C, Eb, G, F, trp in Bb, E, C:SSATTBB:off stage: hunting bugles:Elvira, Arthur, Richard, George, Lord, Walton, Henrietta:[]

Bellini: Pirata, Il:2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, harp, perc (3), timp, strings:SSAATTBB::Imogene, Ernesto, Gualtiero, Goffredo, Itulbl, Adele:many revisions, ex. Paris (1833) Duprez with added characters and changes (publ. Pacini, Paris)[]

Adams: Doctor Atomic:3 fl (picc),3 ob (EH), 3 cl (Eb, bs cl, contra bs cl), 3 bsn (contra), 4 hrn, 4 Trp (picc), 3 tbn, tuba, timp, 4 perc, celeste, harp, computer sound system, strings
Percussion: chimes, crotales, glock, large tam-tam, med tam-tam, large susp cymb, bs dr, 2 tri, tuned gongs, thunder sheet, 2 susp cymb, alarm bell, antique cymbal, tuned roto-tom, snare dr, bass chime, xylo, low chinese gong, temple block/brake drum, anvil, temple block, almglock, woodblock:SATB::Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, Robert Wilson, Kitty Oppenheimer, Pasqualita, General Leslie Groves, Frank Hubbard, Capt. James Nolan:[]

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