ANTONIN DVORAK: La moglie dello spettro Op.69

The Spectre's Bride. Dramatic Cantata to words by K. J. Erben for soli, chorus and orchestra Op. 69
Soprano, Tenor, Bass, SATB
Year Written: 1884
Inscription : Written for the Birmingham Music Festival 1885

Ouverture

Basso solo e coro :(Nature was clad in gloom of night, The And)
Andante

Basso solo e coro :(On he went with rapid gait)
Allegro con fuoco

Duetto Tenore e Soprano :(Fair is the night, as clear as day)
Allegro moderato

Basso solo e coro :(Gripping the book without a pause)
Allegro

Basso solo e coro :(caverns under ground)
Allegro con fuoco

Duetto Tenore e Soprano :(Fair is the night, and spirits love)

Basso solo e coro :(The pathway now less rugged grows, thro') -
Andante con moto -

Duetto Tenore e Soprano :(Now, when the night so fair doth show)
Un poco meno mosso

Basso solo : (There stood a pile, with)
Allegro

Duetto Tenore e Soprano :(See now, my sweetheart, here at last)
Moderato

Basso solo e coro :(He leapt the wall with sudden power)
Allegro, quasi l'istesso tempo

Basso solo e coro :(And at the door there came a knock:)
Allegretto

Soprano solo :(O virgin Mother, gracious be)
Adagio

Basso solo e coro :(There crew a cock of morn to tell)
Allegro non tanto

Brani mancanti

Coro : Uz jedenáctá odbila (The stroke of midnight soon will sound)
Allegro quasi l'istesso tempo

Soprano solo : Zel bohu, zel, kde muj tatícek? (Where art thou, father, where art thou, father dear?) -
Moderato quasi recit. -

Mèla jsem smutná milého (Mine did I once a lover call)
Andante con moto

Bass and Tenore e coro : Pohnul se obraz na stene (The picture on a sudden moves)
Allegro

Duetto Tenore e Soprano : Hoj, má panenko, tu jsem jiz! (Ah, dearest child, how is't with thee?)
Andante

Allegro moderato
a po bazine, po sluji, svetélka modrá laškují, dve (Corpsecandles there in double row, with wan and fitful luster glow, two)
Quasi tempo di marcia

Da bambino