Description
Greene, Maurice: Phoebe
Ref
MB82
Categories
Collected Editions
,
Musica Britannica
,
Operas, Odes & Oratorios
,
Vocal & Opera
By
Maurice Greene
Edited by H Diack Johnstone
First published in 2004.
Pages: 192
Format: Hardback
Dimensions (mm): 330 x 254 x 25
Weight: 1.406kg
Like its predecessor
Florimel
,
Phoebe
(1747), the second of Maurice Greene’s two operas, sets a libretto by John Hoadly. Probably written for performance at the Apollo Society, founded by Greene himself in 1733, this three-act opera, for four soloists and chorus, is a beautiful example of the English pastoral-masque genre, both musically and dramatically in the tradition of Handel’s Acis and Galatea.
The full performing material for this opera is
available for rental
.
