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Handel
Acis and Galatea
fl, picc, 2 ob, strings, harpsichord.
chorus: STB chorus; SATB version(Barnby)
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTTTBBB, large chorus
stage: harp, band
roles: 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.
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: trumpets
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: fl, 3 trp, bell; AATB, chapel choir
roles: 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
chorus: SSSSAATTBB
stage: side drum
roles: 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
chorus: SATB large chorus
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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)
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSATBB
roles: 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
chorus: SAT
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
stage: string orchestra and military band
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
roles: 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)
chorus: TTB
stage: guitar
roles: 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]
chorus: SATTB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
roles: 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
chorus: TTBB large chorus
roles: 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
chorus: SATB, children's chorus
stage: 2 picc, 2 trp, side drum
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB - large chorus
stage: 2 trp, chimes, tam-tam
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SATTB
stage: 2 trp, 3 tbn (can be from pit)
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
stage: harp, fl, cl (usu. play in pit), piano (rarely used)
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: military band, organ
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 3 tbn, strings, mandolin (3 groups for Act I Minuet)
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: harp, 2 guitars (played by special harp or piano)
roles: 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)
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SAATTBB
stage: fl, alto sax, strings (act III); 2 cl, trp, 2 hrn, tbn, tuba, perc (act IV); musical galsses (act IV)
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTB
stage: trp, sn drum, band (arranged for conditions)
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSATB
stage: 4 brass
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: guitar, chime, hrn
roles: 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
chorus: TTBBB
stage: wind machine, tubular bells, fonica
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: brass band, organ
roles: 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
chorus: 2 chorus' SSATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
stage: trumpet
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: 3 picc, tam-tam, wind machine, hrns
roles: 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
chorus: SSSATTTBBB
stage: drums, 3 trp (doubled)
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTTBB
stage: cl, 2 hrn, trp, 2 bln, vlc
roles: Agathe, Annchen, Max, Caspar, Kilian, Kuno, Prince Ottokr, Hermit


Pergolesi
Geloso Schernito, Il
fl, ob, cl, 2 hrn, piano
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: bells, organ, harp, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 3 hrn, military band in opening chorus
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: ob, bsn, 2 vls, vla, vcl
roles: 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)
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
stage: chimes, sn drum, trp
roles: 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
chorus: SA (children)
stage: cuckoo
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTB
roles: 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
chorus: TTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SAATTTBBBB
stage: 2 vln, vla, vcl, chimes, tam-tam (piano)
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
stage: fl, 2 picc, ob, cl, 2 hrn, side drum, triangle, cymbal, tambourine
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: picc, 2 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 12 trp, 3 tbn, side drum, harp
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTTTTBBBBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
stage: band (4 hrn or 3 hrn plus tbn)
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: military band[Act I]; 4 trp [Act IV]; wind ensemble [Act III]; 2 ob, 6 cl, 2 bsn, contra
roles: 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
chorus: SSATT
stage: viola
roles: Cio-Cio-San, Lt. B. F. Pinkerton, Sharpless, Suzuki, Kate Pinkerton, Prince, Yamadori, The Bonze


Pergolesi
Maestro di Musica, Il
Strings
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
In cours la Reine scene: 2 vln, cl, bsn
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
stage: side drum, trp
roles: 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
chorus: TB
stage: piano, jazz band (piano, cl, vln)
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: band
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTTBB
stage: 3 trp
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: trp
roles: Louis XIV, Sganarelle, Martine, Leander, Lucinda, Valere, Geronte


Cherubini
Medée [Medea]
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, timp, perc, strings
chorus: SSTTB
stage: band (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 htn, tbn)
roles: 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
chorus: SSSSAAATTTTTTBBBB
stage: side drums, watchmanŠs horn, organ, several hrn, 6+ trp
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: harp
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
stage: military band
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: strings, harp, ob
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSATB
stage: band; mandolins, guitars, cornemuse (EH), trp (6), 3-4 tbn
roles: 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
chorus: SSSAAATTTTBBBB
stage; 2 trp, 4 tbn, side drum
roles: 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
chorus: AATBB
stage: bell
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: organ, dance band (2 cl, perc, solo vln, solo cb, piano)
roles: 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
chorus: SSSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTTTBBBB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB, TTBB
stage: band for available players
roles: 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
chorus: STTBB
stage: 3 stierhorn, horn, EH
roles: 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
roles: 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
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: STTBB
stage: 2-3 stierhorn
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SAATTBB
stage: 2 fl, ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, trp, side drum, piano, harmonium
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTTBB
stage: 2 or more trp, harp, 2 tbn, bells
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: upright piano
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: military band
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSSATTTTBB
stage: fl, EH, cl 2 harp, harmonium; stage band: ob, EH, piano, timp, perc
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: band as per conditions, oftern played form pit
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: TTBB
stage: [Act II] 3 trp, 3 tbn, 6 hrn; [Act III] EH
roles: 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
chorus: SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB
stage: hrn, 4 trp, bells, 2 drum
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: harp, hrn, side drum, Anvils
roles: 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
chorus: SATTB
stage: brass, contra sax
roles: 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
chorus: SATTB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSA
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: fife, shawm, bagpipes
roles: 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
chorus: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSATB-large chorus
stage: organ, harp
roles: Santuzza, Turiddu, Lola, Alfio, Lucia


Purcell
Dido and Aeneas[75, 3 acts (2 versions)]
Strings, continuo
chorus: SATB, SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: TTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
stage: bells, ob, vln, bs drum, trp
roles: 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
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSSTB
stage: piano, organ, 3 trp, picc, bells
roles: 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.
chorus: STBB
stage: cornet, harp
roles: Giorgetta, Michele, Luigi, Frugola, Talpa, Two Lovers, Song Vendor


Menotti
Telephone, The[25, 1 act]
fl, ob, cl, bsn, hrn, trp, perc, piano, strings
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: hrns, trps, tbns
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: Arvino, Pagano, Viclinda, Giselda, Oronte, Pirro, Prior of Milan, Acciang, Sofia


Mozart
Lucio Silla
2 ob, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, timp, strings
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: 2 picc, 2 cl, 2 hrn, tbn, tamb, string quintet
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: Eb cl, 2 cl, pist, 3 hrn, 2 flugelhrn, tam-tam, 3 rbn, tuba, dr, bells, cym, acc, fogliello, genis
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
stage: organ, trp
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: picc, fl, cl, EH, hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, bs dr, tamb, gongs, cy, xylo, pinao, 2 mandolin, 2 guitar
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: band
roles: 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
chorus: SATB (very elabotate, divided into many parts with solos
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: 2 small sax, 4 sop sax, 4 trp, 4 alto sax, 2 ten sax, 2 contra bass sax, drum
roles: 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
chorus: SSSATTBB - very large
roles: 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)
chorus: combined solo voices
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: cym, tri, picc, 4 trp, 4 hrn, 3 tbn
roles: Fobert le Diable, Albert, Raimbaut, Bertram, Alice, Isabella


Handel
Rodelinda
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bsn, 2 hrn, strings, cembalo
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB, SSAA
roles: 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
chorus: SSATB
stage: 2 trp, perc
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: 3 trp
roles: 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
chorus: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSTTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: cl (can be from orch), bells
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: org, 2 trp, 2 Eb cl, glock, wind machine, 2 tbn, perc
roles: 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
chorus: 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)
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB (large chorus broken up into small groups)
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTB
stage: 2 trp, 2 tbn, timp, dr, bells
roles: 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)
chorus: SATTB
stage: side dr, castagnetta
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: band
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: band for dancing
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
stage: picc, cl, 2 bsn 2 hrn
roles: Peter I (Peter Michailov), Peter Ivanov, Van Bett, Marie, Marquis do Chateauneuf, Admiral Lefort, Lord Syndham
ballet


Cilèa
Adriana Lecouvreur
2 fl, picc, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn 3 trp, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, harp, celeste, strings
chorus: SSATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: 6 ob, 6 cl, 2 tamb, 4 tri, timp, 4 hrn, 2 trp, 2 tbn
roles: 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
chorus: 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
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSATB
stage: 4 trp, 4 tbn, prc, Spanish guitar, Ondes Marinot
roles: 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
chorus: TTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
roles: 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
chorus: 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)
roles: Leocadia Begbick, Fatty, Trinity Moses, Jenny, Jim Mahoney, Jack, Billy Bankbook, ALaska Wolf Joe, Toby Higgins


Berlioz
Béatrice et Bénédict
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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: 2 ob, 2 bsn, 2 trp, crnt a pist, tamb, large dr, cym, 2 small dr, 2 guitar
roles: 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
chorus: SATB (small)
roles: 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
chorus: SATTBB
roles: Balducci, Teresa, Benvenuto Cellini, Ascanio, Fieramosca, Pompeo, Francesco, Bernardino, Innkeeper, Officer


von Suppé
Boccaccio
orchestra not specified
chorus: SATB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: strings
roles: 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. - Lignière, 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
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
stage: Alpine horn
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
stage: 2 hrn, 3 trp, tbn, vln, vla, vcl, glock
roles: 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
chorus: SSATTBB
off stage: hunting bugles
roles: 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
chorus: SSAATTBB
roles: 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
chorus: SATB
roles: Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, Robert Wilson, Kitty Oppenheimer, Pasqualita, General Leslie Groves, Frank Hubbard, Capt. James Nolan