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Opera Project rehearsing the reduced orchestration of La bohème at The Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol, UK in 2011

The 11-piece orchestra underscores the action beautifully”

METRO, 10TH OCTOBER 2006
Don Giovanni at the Tobacco Factory Theatre

Opera Orchestrations – Reduced Orchestrations

All of the reduced opera orchestrations from the catalogue are listed below. For further information, please click on an opera.

Bizet:
Carmen 1(picc)011 1100 11111 harp timp/perc

Donizetti:
Don Pasquale 1(picc)011 1100 11111 timp/perc(opt)

Gounod:
Romeo and Juliet 1(picc)011 1100 11111 harp/organ timp/perc

Humperdinck:
Hansel and Gretel 1(picc)1(cor a)1(bass cl)1 11(flugel)00 11111 harp/perc timp/perc

Janáček:
The Cunning Little Vixen 1(picc)1(cor ang)11 11(flugel)00 11111 harp timp/perc/cel

Mozart:
Die Zauberflöte 1(picc)111 1000 11111 glock timp(opt)
Don Giovanni 1111 1000 11111 mandolin timp(opt)
Le Nozze di Figaro 1111 1000 11111 timp(opt)
Le Nozze di Figaro 1121 21(opt)00 11111 timp(opt)
Così fan tutte 1111 1000 11111 timp(opt)
Die Entfuhrung 1(picc)111 1000 11111 perc(opt)

Puccini:
La Bohème 1(picc)011 1100 11111 harp timp/perc
Il tabarro 0001 0000 10000 harp piano/street-organ perc
Tosca 1(picc)011 1100 11111 harp timp/perc organ(opt)
Madama Butterfly 1(picc)1(ca)11 1100 11111 harp timp/perc

Ravel:
L’heure espagnole 0001 0000 10000 harp piano perc

Rossini:
Il Barbiere di Seviglia 1(picc)111 1000 11111 guitar timp/perc(opt)
La Cenerentola 1(picc)111 1000 11111

Tchaikovksy:
Eugene Onegin 1(picc)111 1000 11111 harp timp

Verdi:
La Traviata 1(picc)011 1100 11111 timp(opt)
Macbeth 1(picc)1(CA)11 1100 11111 timp/perc harp(opt)
Rigoletto 1(picc,alto)1(CA)11 111(opt)0 11(vla)111 timp/perc

Walton:
The Bear 0001 0000 1(viola)0000 harp piano timp/perc


Miscellaneous:

In addition to the reduced opera orchestrations above, we have a range of shorter extracts, arias and ensembles from across the repertoire. Please enquire for further details.