Available for hire from Birmingham Opera Company: brilliantly re-imagined orchestrations for small forces. 

We all need to find ways to survive and thrive in the "new normal".

Birmingham Opera Company first established its reputation with brilliantly re-imagined orchestrations for small forces: 

Offering greater flexibility of configuration in and out of a theatre; 

Maintaining the quality of the original scale work;

Can be performed with or without a chorus. 

"...some of the mightiest sounds ever imagined by the mind of man, communicate every bit as awesomely as they might at Bayreuth or Covent Garden. It is as I said, a miracle." - Rupert Christiansen, The Spectator 

All titles available in original language or in specially-commissioned English translations. We can advise on rights for the translations. 

For further info email: [email protected]

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The Ring Saga

An abridged version of Wagner's Ring Cycle, available separately or as a whole:

Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) 1 hour 54 mins approx; Die Walküre (Valkyrie) 2 hours 52 mins approx; Siegfried 2 hours 12 mins approx; Götterdämmerung (Twilight) 2 hours 44 mins approx.

Version by Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick

For 12 singers

Orchestration for 18 players by Jonathan Dove

Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola/Violin Cello 1 Cello 2 Double Bass

Flute/Piccolo Oboe/Cor Anglais Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Tenor Saxophone Bassoon

Horn 1 Horn 2 Trumpet/Flugelhorn Trombone Tuba/Bass Trumpet

Timpani/Percussion Harp Organ

Falstaff

Verdi 

Version for 15 players by Jonathan Dove 

Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Double Bass

Flute/Piccolo Oboe/Cor Anglais Clarinet Bassoon/Contrabassoon

Horn 1 Horn 2 Trumpet Trombone

Timpani/Percussion Harp, doubling cymbals

La bohème 

Puccini 

For 7 singers 

Version for 15 players by Jonathan Dove 

Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Double Bass

Horn 1 Horn 2 Trumpet Trombone, doubling triangle and tubular bells

Flute/Piccolo Oboe/Cor Anglais Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Bassoon

Timpani/Percussion Harp, doubling cymbals

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) 

Mozart 

Orchestration for 15 players by Jonathan Dove

Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola/Violin Cello Double Bass

Flute/Piccolo/Alto Flute Oboe/Cor Anglais Clarinet/Alto Saxophone/Tenor Saxophone Bassoon

Horn 1 Horn 2 Trumpet Trombone

Timpani/Percussion Piano/Accordion/Celeste

Fidelio 

Beethoven 

For 7 singers 

Orchestration for 17 players by Julian Grant, including Leonore No. 3

Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Double Bass

Flute/Piccolo Oboe Clarinet 1 Clarinet 2 Bassoon Contrabassoon

Horn 1 Horn 2 Trumpet/Flugelhorn Trumpet 2

Timpani Keyboard

 

Macbeth 

Verdi 

For 10 singers 

Orchestration for 16 players by Julian Phillips 

Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Double Bass

Flute/Piccolo Oboe/Cor Anglais Clarinet/Eb Clarinet Bassoon

Horn 1 Horn 2 Trumpet Trombone

Timpani/Percussion Harp, doubling cymbals Organ, doubling bass drum and suspended cymbal

Also available: 

The Two Widows 

Smetana, a new version for cast of four, arranged for piano quintet by Christopher Willis 

Vixen Sharp Ears (Cunning Little Vixen) 

Janáček, version by Jonathan Dove

Although this was commissioned by Birmingham Opera Company, it is now held by Universal Edition. 

For further info email: [email protected]