Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Overture and 16 numbers |
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Composition Year | 1877-78 |
Genre Categories | Operettas; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
Work Title | The Spectre Knight |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Cellier, Alfred |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IAC 5 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Overture and 16 numbers |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1877-78 |
First Performance. | 1878-2-9 - London, Opera Comique |
First Publication. | 1878 |
Librettist | James Albery (1838-1889) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Soloists (SMsMsTBarB) and orchestra |
External Links | VEMS (Midis by Colin Johnson) |
First produced as a companion piece to 'The Sorcerer' by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. A copy of the libretto, including dialogue, can be found here - The Spectre Knight
Full orchestral score missing, presumed lost, but manuscript orchestral parts held by the Library of Congress as part of the Tams-Witmark Collection. The vocal score published by Oliver Ditson (Boston, n.d.), contains the dialogue which is not present in the Metzler vocal score.