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The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore

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1958/JUL/22

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The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore






























1962/JUN/28


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Ballet / Opera / Mixed Œuvre - introduction, one act with twelve madrigals

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UGM
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Bt./Op.UGM

Peter Darrell
New Opera Company
[?]
[?]
[?]
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Première

Ballet:
Ronald Emblen, Brenda Last, Hazel Merry,
Laverne Meyer, Oliver Symons, Jeffery Taylor
and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet

Vocal:
[?]

Western Theatre Ballet
Theatre Royal, Bristol
Revival; First Night
[?]

Gian Carlo Menotti; composed for choral ensemble and
small orchestra; also conceived as a ballet score.
An eccentric man in a castle presents his life in three stages -
his youth, middle and old age. Three unusual pets symbolize
these stages - a unicorn, a gorgon and a manticore

For additional performance dates, venues and locations
please consult the Coton Collection at the Royal Holloway
Library, Information Services.


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