^Olin Downes (22 April 1937). "Juilliard School Gives New Opera: Premiere of 'Poisoned Kiss' by Vaughan Williams Is Offered by Students". The New York Times. p. 19.
^PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK: Operas by Copland, Hindemith, Williams. 18 April 1937. p. 172. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^Performances of The Poisoned Kiss advertised on the Bronx Opera's website 2012-01-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 December 2011
SourcesEdit
Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN0-14-029312-4
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poisoned, kiss, empress, necromancer, opera, three, acts, english, composer, ralph, vaughan, williams, libretto, evelyn, sharp, based, richard, garnett, poison, maid, nathaniel, hawthorne, 1844, short, story, rappaccini, daughter, opera, completed, 1929, first. The Poisoned Kiss or The Empress and the Necromancer is an opera in three acts by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams The libretto by Evelyn Sharp is based on Richard Garnett s The Poison Maid and Nathaniel Hawthorne s 1844 short story Rappaccini s Daughter The opera was completed in 1929 first performed by the Intimate Opera Company at the Cambridge Arts Theatre United Kingdom on 12 May 1936 conducted by Cyril Rootham and premiered in the United States on April 21 1937 by the Juilliard Opera Theatre at the Juilliard School s theatre on Claremont Ave 1 The cast included Annamary Dickey as Angelica Marvel Biddle as Tormentilla Glenn Darwin as Gallanthus Mary Frances Lehnerts as the Empress David Otto as Dipsacus Albert Gifford as Amaryllus and Signe Gulbrandsen and Athena Pappas as the mediums 2 The Poisoned KissOpera by Ralph Vaughan WilliamsLibrettistEvelyn SharpLanguageEnglishBased onRichard Garnett s The Poison Maid and Nathaniel Hawthorne s Rappaccini s DaughterPremiere12 June 1936 1936 06 12 Cambridge Arts TheatreThe Bronx Opera staged the work in January 2012 3 Contents 1 Roles 2 References 2 1 Notes 2 2 SourcesRoles EditRole Voice type Premiere Cast 12 May 1936 Conductor Cyril Rootham Angelica soprano Margaret Field HydeTormentilla soprano Mabel RitchieGallanthus baritone Geoffry DunnDipsacus bass Frederick WoodhouseEmpress Persicaria contralto Meriel St ClairAmaryllus tenor Trefor JonesReferences EditNotes Edit Olin Downes 22 April 1937 Juilliard School Gives New Opera Premiere of Poisoned Kiss by Vaughan Williams Is Offered by Students The New York Times p 19 PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK Operas by Copland Hindemith Williams 18 April 1937 p 172 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Performances of The Poisoned Kiss advertised on the Bronx Opera s website Archived 2012 01 23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 December 2011 Sources Edit Holden Amanda Ed The New Penguin Opera Guide New York Penguin Putnam 2001 ISBN 0 14 029312 4 This article about an English language opera is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Poisoned Kiss amp oldid 1149613386, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
