SKU: ST.MB82
Composed by Maurice
Greene. Edited by H Diack
Johnstone. Library
Volumes. Edited by H
Diack Johnstone. First
published in 2004..
Pages: 192. Format:
Hardback. Dimensions
(mm): 330 x 254 x 25.
Score. Stainer & Bell
Ltd. #MB82. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.MB82).
ISBN
9790220221026.
Like
its predecessor Florimel,
Phoebe (1743), 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.