The composer's only grand opera was closest to his heart. Not quite finished when he died in 1880, it was orchestrated and provided with recitatives by Ernest Guiraud, who also added the famous barcarolle from an earlier opera-ballet by Offenbach. This volume, an unabridged reprint of the rare, comprehensive 5th edition, contains the full vocal score and all recitatives.
The Love for Three Oranges Vocal Score by Sergei Prokofiev Only a good laugh can cure a prince's melancholy in this surrealistic fairy tale, which satirizes traditional operatic forms with a daring and skillful combination of humor, sorrow, fantasy, and grotesquery. Includes Russian and French texts.
Hansel and Gretel Vocal Score by Engelbert Humperdinck This fairy-tale opera combines the simplicity of German folk tunes with the sophistication of Wagnerian technique. Richard Strauss, who conducted its premiere, proclaimed it "a masterpiece of the highest quality."
