Christopher Sly is an opera in one act and two scenes and an interlude by composer Dominick Argento. The work uses an English language libretto by John Gay Manlove that is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Commissioned by the Mu Phi Epsilon fraternity, the opera was given its world premiere at the Scott Hall Theater at the University of Minnesota on 31 May 1963 under the baton of William Johnson. The premiere cast included tenor Vern Sutton as the Lord.[1]

The Center for Contemporary Opera presented the first professional production of the work in January 1987 at the Harry De Jur Playhouse in New York City. Conductor Richard Marshall led the performance whose cast included Shawn Roy as Christopher Sly, Robert Trentham as the Lord, and Kathryn Fields as Marion Hackett.[2]

Roles

Role[3] Voice type
Christopher Sly, a tinker bass-baritone
Henry Pimpernel, a smith bass-baritone
PeterTurph, a tailor tenor
Marion Hacket, hostess of the ale-house mezzo-soprano
A Lord tenor
A Page soprano
First Huntsman baritone
Second Huntsman tenor
Third Huntsman bass
First Lady soprano
Second Lady soprano
An officer of the Law spoken

References

  1. ↑ Dominick Argento (2004). "Catalogue Raisonnâe as Memoir: A Composer's Life". University of Minnesota Press. pp. 34–36. ISBN 9781452907260.
  2. ↑ "Opera: Argento Work, 'Christopher Sly'". The New York Times. January 27, 1987.
  3. ↑ "Argento, Dominick: Christopher Sly (1962)". www.boosey.com. Retrieved October 21, 2015.


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