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Chamber Opera in 1 act based on a Corsican folktale told by Madame Marini, collected by J.B. Frédéric Ortoli in Les Contes Populaires de l'île de Corse (Paris 1883) and included in Italo Calvino's Fiabe Italiane (1956)
Libretto by Meredith Oakes
Commissioned by Mecklenburgh Opera with funds from the Arts Council of England
First performance: Covent Garden Festival, Peacock Theatre, 4 June 1996
Adey Grummet, Rebecca du Pont Davis, Niall Morris, Wyn Pencarreg
Director: John Abulafia, Designer: Agnes Treplin, Conductor: Paul McGrath
CAST
Francis - baritone
Fairy/Boy - soprano
Old Woman/Young Man/Death - mezzo soprano
Father/Devil/Doctor - tenor
Brothers, Gamblers, Narrators and Chorus, all performed by the above four singers
2 clarinets (2+bcl), guitar, violin, 'cello, double bass
