The Canterville Ghost (alsoThe Ghost of Canterville, Russian:Кентервильское привидение,romanized: Kentervíl’skoye prividénie) is an opera by the Russian composerAlexander Knaifel in three acts for 18 singers and chamber orchestra, also in an abridged version for two soloists and chamber orchestra.[1]
The opera was composed in 1965–66 to thelibretto by Tatiana Kramarova after the 1887 short story "The Canterville Ghost" byOscar Wilde. Text Russian (translated into English by V. Paperno).[clarification needed] It is dedicated to the composerRein Laul [et].[citation needed]
Also:Romantic Scenes from the Opera – in seven scenes with prologue forbasso profondo and lightsoprano with chamber orchestra (shorter version). Duration: 90 minutes.
Shorter version:
The score is published by Sovetsky Kompozitor, Leningrad 1977.
Full version:
It was first performed on February 26, 1974, (with the subsequent performances on November 30, and December 15, 1974) inLeningrad, the House of Composers by the Chamber Orchestra of Conservatoire, conducted by L. Gelgrud.[2]
It was performed on March 3 and 4, 1980, in London by theBBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted byGennady Rozhdestvensky.[3]
It was the operaThe Canterville Ghost after Oscar Wilde (there is also its abridged version for two soloists and chamber orchestra). This opera still promising to become truly popular some day abounds in humor and youthful ardor, telling the ...
