The English Cat

from Hans Werner Henze


The English Cat
A story for singers and instruments in two acts

Libretto

Edward Bond (nach Honoré de Balzac)

Premiere

2 June 1983, Schwetzingen (Schlosstheater)

Cast

LORD PUFF (tenor)
ARNOLD (bass)
JONES (baritone)
TOM (baritone)
PETER (tenor)
MR. FAWN (baritone)
MR. KENN (tenor)
MR. PUNKETT (bass-baritone)
MINETTE (soprano)
BABETTE (mezzo-soprano)
MISS CRISP (soprano)
MRS. GOMFIT (soprano)
LADY TOODLE (mezzo-soprano)
DER PFARRER (tenor)
LUZIAN (tenor)
RICHTER (baritone)
STAATSANWALT (bass)
VERTEIDIGER (Tenor)
LOUISE (soprano)
HUND (baritone)
FUCHS (tenor)
SCHAF (bass)

CHORUS
Serenadensänger, Mitglieder der Jury, Mond und Sterne

Place

London, fairy world

Time

1900

Composer

Henze, Hans Werner