''The Tigers'' is a burlesque opera in a prologue and three acts by

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. Written 1917–1919 and 1927–1929, it was lost, then recovered in 1977, and premiered in 1983 when it was recorded 3–8 January 1983 at BBC

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. It was broadcast on

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on 3 May 1983.havergalbrian.org
/ref> The plot concerns a regiment nicknamed The Tigers.

Premiere and recording

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(soprano); Alison Hargan (soprano); Marilyn Hill-Smith (soprano); Ameral Gunson (mezzo); Ann Marie Owens (contralto);

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(tenor); Harry Nicoll (tenor);

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(tenor); Kenneth Woollam (tenor); Ian Caddy (baritone);

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(baritone); Henry Herford (baritone);

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(baritone); Alan Watt (baritone);

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(baritone);

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(bass-baritone);

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(bass–baritone);

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(bass)

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;

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conducted

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References

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