The Masque of Vengeance (Lambert, Edward)

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Work Title Masque of Vengeance
Alternative. Title The Revenger's Tragedy, chamber opera
Composer Lambert, Edward
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IEL 63
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 2022
Librettist Thomas Middleton (1580–1627)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 75 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation voices, piano 4-hands, pre-recorded percussion (backing track in Scene 11)
InstrDetail Cast
Vindicio, the revenger, returned from exile sometimes disguised as Caria, a procuress (mezzo-soprano) (A1)
Virginia, his sister (soprano) (S2)
Gratiana, their widowed mother (contralto) (A2)
The King, an elderly tyrant
Sing at the Banquet (baritone) (B1)
The Duchess, his new wife (soprano) (S1)
Prince Lussurioso, the Kings's son & heir by a previous marriage (counter-tenor) (CT)
Spurio, the King's illegitimate son by an unknown woman (tenor) (T1)
VACUO, the Duchess's son by a previous marriage (tenor) (T2)
Lord Antonio, a gentleman (bass-baritone) (B2)
Choruses of distant voices (pre-recorded by the cast)
Scene: a land of corruption and vice in any time period