Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 acts (9 and 11 numbers) |
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Composition Year | 1844-6; ca.1858 (revision) |
Genre Categories | Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; |
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Work Title | Liden Kirsten |
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Alternative. Title | Romantisk opera i 1 act |
Composer | Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.44 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJH 38 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 acts (9 and 11 numbers) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1844-6; ca.1858 (revision) |
First Performance. | 1846-5-12 — in Copenhagen, Royal Theatre (original 1-act version)
1858-59 ca. (2-act version) |
First Publication. | 1847 (first version) |
Librettist | Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) |
Language | Danish |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 90 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Vocal soloists, chorus Orchestra: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (F), 3 trombones + 2 timpani + harp + strings (overture) |
First performance 1846, not 1849, according to Operone.
Overture published by Lose in an arrangement in 1873.
There is a vocal score of a 10-number (earlier, or later?) version of the opera (1 act) here. (The Lose plate is also 2168.) - published 1847, uploaded under vocal scores above.
Recorded in 1999 on the Dacapo CD label.
Initially one act, then revised, expanded and divided into two acts in the late 1850s (by 1858 or so).