Giuseppe Verdi – Scena e Duetto

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901

Scena e Duetto – from the opera "La Traviata"

for soprano, baritone and orchestra
Carlo Balmelli, Transcription for soprano, baritone and wind orchestra

Duration ca. 10'
Difficulty 4.5
Item number   SWB11

As in the opera „Rigoletto“ and „Troubadour“ is a proscribed person in the center of the plot of the opera „La Traviata“, which means in English“The way of the arrived“. Francesco Maria Piave was the author of the libretto, the contents of „The Lady of the Camellias“ by Alexandre Dumas based on the novel. The Verdi’s opera was premiered in 1853 in Venice. The main character of the plot is the classy prostitute Violetta, which perishes at the end of tuberculosis, without a real happy ending. Violetta meets at a part, the love of her life, Alfredo Germont, who immediately told her at a suitable occasion his love, although Violetta attended the ceremony with her current companion, Baron Douphol. The „Scena e Duetto Violetta and Germont“ describes the scene in which Violetta Alfredo tells you that she could not be with him in his defense and returns to Baron Douphol.

full score

piccolo
flute 1,2
oboe 1,2
solo clarinet Bb 1,2
bassoon 1,2

horn F 1,2
horn F 3,4
trumpet Bb 1,2
trombone 1,2
trombone 3

timpani

Violetta (sopran)
Germont (baritone)

clarinet Eb
clarinet Bb 1
clarinet Bb 2
clarinet Bb 3
bass clarinet
contrabass clarinet Bb
alto saxophone 1
alto saxophone 2
tenor saxophone
baritone saxophone
euphonium
tuba
violoncello (optional)
string bass

Additional parts for certain countries

horn Eb 1,2
horn Eb 3,4
trombone Bb 1,2
trombone Bb 3
euphonium Bb
tuba Eb
tuba Bb

Giuseppe Verdi – Scena e Duetto