[Full Score] Poulenc - Les mamelles de Tirésias, FP 125 (comic opera in 2 acts)

[@AndewMole]

0:00 Prologue 6:36 Act I, Scene I - Thérèse 11:26 - Scene II - Thérèse - Le Mari 13:13 - Scene III - Le Mari 13:39 - Scene IV - Lacouf - Presto 15:28 - Scene V - Les Mêmes, Tirésias, Le Mari, Le Peuple de Zanzibar 19:16 - Scene VI - Le Mari - Le Gendarme 23:24 - Scene VII - Les Mêmes, Le Peuple de Zanzibar 26:24 - Scene VIII, Final - Les Mêmes - La Marchande de Journaux - Presto - Lacouf 29:47 Entr'acte 32:30 Act II, Scene I - Le Mari, Les Nouveau-nés 33:41 - Scene II - Les Mêmes, Le Journaliste Parisien 37:53 - Scene III - Le Mari Seul 39:24 - Scene IV - Le Mari, Le Fils 41:41 - Scene V - Le Mari 42:21 - Scene VI - Le Mari, Le Gendarme 42:52 - Scene VII - Les Mêmes, La Cartomançienne 48:22 - Scene VIII - Les Mêmes, La Marchande de Journaux, Le Peuple de Zanzibar, et Deux Spectateurs

[@Mezzotenor]

What an incredible privilege, to follow this score. NB, this is the "revised" orchestration just prior to Poulenc's passing, calling for a slightly reduced ensemble. MANY thanks for posting!

[@treesny]

Not so: this 1953 recording uses the original orchestration; the revised version dates from 1962 (Poulenc died the following year). All other recordings use the later version, which reduces the wind and brass by dropping 1 bassoon (of 3), 2 horns (of 4) and 1 trumpet (of 3) -- the score still requires an orchestra of 50 players. It's a great pity that no copy seems to have survived of the 2-piano version that the composer prepared for Benjamin Britten and himself to play in a production at the 1958 Aldeburgh Festival (in the event, Poulenc canceled due to illness).

[@Mezzotenor]

Point taken, the AUDIO uses the original orchestration, but isn't the image of the 1962 score? No matter... Always a pleasure to learn that I'm not the only person nuts about Poulenc in general and this toothsome romp in particular. 😄

[@isaacdavidson7115]

Promo sm 🍀