Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
12 1st violins
12 2nd violins
8 violas
5 cellos
4 double basses
3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo)
2 oboes
1 cor anglais
2 clarinets
1 bass clarinet
2 bassoons
4 horns
3 trumpets
3 valve trombones
1 cimbasso
timpani
2 percussion (triangle, cymbals, bass drum, bell in F)
1 harp
Off-stage:
1 natural bass horn in A flat
Total: 68
Giulio Cesare
Georg Frideric Handel
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Pitch A415)
Conductor: Laurence Cummings
8 1st violins
6 2nd violins
4 violas
4 cellos
2 double basses.
1 flute
3 oboes (2 doubling recorders)
2 bassoons
4 horns
1 theorbo
On-stage:
2 violins
1 viola
1 cello
1 gamba
1 oboe
1 bassoon
1 theorbo,
1 harp
2 Harpsichords (played by conductor and assistant)
Total: 43
The Fairy Queen
Henry Purcell
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Pitch A405)
Conductor: William Christie / Laurence Cummings (25, 28, 30 July, 4, 8 August)
6 1st violins
5 2nd violins
4 violas
6 cellos/basses de violon
3 oboes (doubling recorders)
1 bassoon (doubling on bass recorder)
2 trumpets
1 theorbo (doubling baroque guitar)
timpani / percussion (small drums, tambourine)
1 harpsichord and 1 chamber organ (played by conductor)
Total: 30
Rusalka
Antonín Dvorák
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Jirí Belohlávek
12 1st violins
10 2nd violins
8 violas
7 cellos
5 double basses
2 flutes
1 piccolo
2 oboes
1 cor anglais
2 clarinets
1 bass clarinet
2 bassoons
4 horns
3 trumpets
3 trombones
1 tuba
timpani
3 percussionists (bass drum, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam)
1 harp
Off-stage:
1 horn
Total: 70
L’elisir d’amore
Gaetano Donizetti
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
10 1st violins
8 2nd violins
6 violas
5 cellos
4 double basses
2 flutes (1 doubling piccolo)
2 oboes
2 clarinets
2 bassoons
2 horns
2 trumpets
3 trombones
timpani
2 percussion (bass drum, cymbal, snare drum)
1 harp
1 fortepiano
Off-stage band:
1 oboe
2 clarinets
2 horns
2 trumpets (1 doubles off-stage cornet in A)
1 trombone
1 bass trombone
2 percussion (snare drum, bass drum)
Total: 64
Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
12 1st violins
12 2nd violins
8 violas
7 cellos
6 double basses
3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo)
2 oboes
1 cor anglais
2 clarinets
1 bass clarinet
3 bassoons
4 horns
3 trumpets
3 trombones
1 tuba
timpani
2 percussion (cymbals, triangle)
1 harp
Off-stage:
6 horns
3 trumpets
3 trombones
1 tarogato
Total: 85