The Nightingale
Conte lyrique in three acts
Libretto
Igor Stravinsky and Stepan Mitussov, after the story "The Emperor's Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen
Premiere
26 May 1914, Paris (Opéra)
Cast
NIGHTINGALE (soprano)
COOK
(soprano)
FISHERMAN (tenor)
EMPEROR OF CHINA (baritone)
CHAMBERLAIN (bass)
BONZE (bass)
DEATH (contralto)
2 JAPANESE ENVOYS (tenor and bass)
CHORUS
courtiers and ghosts
Place
Time