Chester Music

Francis Shaw. An opera for young people adapted from a short story by Oscar Wilde. The four scenes set in the Giant's garden give opportunity for topic work on the seasons; summer, winter and springti...

Chamber opera in a prologue and one act. A ghost story telling of the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in the Hebrides. This is a mystery story in the form of a chamber opera. The...

Libretto for the Opera in Three Acts. Libretto by Alan Pryce-Jones.

Edition Lindsay

The No. 11 Bus is a music-theatre work in which musicians, dancers and mime all play an equal part. It has been described as an apocalyptic comedy, and both comic and terrifying elements should be exp...

Paul Dehn's libretto for the one act opera.

The French language edition Libretto for Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat or A Soldier's Tale. In a handy pocket-size format. Text by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz.

El Retablo De Maese Pedro was one of most beautiful works of the widely-known Spanish composer Manuel of Falla. The artist, who was a friend of Picasso, Stravinsky, of Ravel, and Poulenc, created El R...

El Retablo De Maese Pedro was one of most beautiful works of the widely-known Spanish composer Manuel of Falla. The artist, who was a friend of Picasso, Stravinsky, of Ravel, and Poulenc, created El R...

An opera in one act commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, premiered at the Royal Opera House in October 1979. Libretto by Gerard McLarnon.

Peter Maxwell Davies. Cinderella is a light-hearted pantomime opera based on the traditional story, with a few new twists by the composer. The first performances of 'Cinderella' were given by children...

This short opera (duration of 50 minutes), aptly designed for children to perform with modest resources, is a version of the familiar tale, though with certain adaptations. Musically the piece is a br...

Geoffrey Brace. Light-hearted musical about a group of 16 year-olds on a school cruise - with all the elements of romance, comedy, dance routines and full choruses. Sixteen songs. 90mins.

Peter Horton. A modern pantomime story of good (Ossie) over evil (the wicked baron). Set in the near future with some entertaining comments on materialism, peer pressure and passive TV-watching! Ten s...

Lyndon Jones and Mick Loftus. Full length musical version of Mark Twain's story featuring Henry VIII and a host of other historical characters. Twenty-five musical numbers with accompaniment scored fo...

John McKenna and Laurie Brown. Based on 'The Treasure Seekers' by Edith Nesbit, the story concerns Victorian children in the 1890s. Thirteen songs including some two-part singing with short pieces of...

Geoffrey Brace. Adaptation of 'Under The Greenwood Tree' by Thomas Hardy. The musical follows the story fairly closely so directors can feel free to augment dialogue from the original novel if they wi...

Alan Jones and Lawrence Bradle. This true story of the American Twenties lends itself well to musical adaptation. The well-known events of the story are covered in a fast-moving, dynamic sequence of s...

Libretto for Caritas, an Opera in Two Acts. Caritas' is in two acts, the first consisting of 12 short scenes, the second being a continuous scena. The overall form of the opera retains the architectur...

This work was commissioned by the City of Darmstadt for the Darmstadt State Theatre. It was first performed in September 1988 at the Staatstheater, Darmstadt. Text Only.

Commissioned by Salzburg Festival co-produced with Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Real Madrid, and Teatro Massimo Palermo.