English Cat, The
English Cat, The. Story for singers and instrs. in 2 acts by Henze to lib. by Edward Bond after Balzac's tale Peines de cœurs d'une chatte anglaise (1840). Comp. 1980–3, rev. 1990. Prod. Schwetzingen (in Ger. trans.) 1983, cond. Dennis Russell Davies; Paris 1984, Santa Fe 1985 (first perf. with orig. Eng. text). Rev. vers. prod. Montepulciano 1990, London (GSMD) 1991.
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