The earliest and now obsolete version of this piece (first performed in Heidelberg 1949) was scored for actors and orchestra. This revised version of 1964 has recast the actors' parts into roles for singers. In addition a scaled-down orchestration was made to suit performances in small theatres. The Magic Theatre is suitable as one part of a triptych of which A Country Doctor forms the centre and The End of a World the third part. The Magic Theatre can still be performed with actors: for a production given at the Schiller Theatre in Berlin on 30 September 1965 at the Berlin Festwochen Henning Brauel made a version for a small ensemble designed to be performed in small theatres. This version ensures that the actors' voices are not drowned out by the instruments. - Hans Werner Henze

Publisher

Schott Music

Composer

Hans Werner Henze

Format

Study Score

Pages

162

ISBN

9790001133326

Stock code

ED9519

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