Inferno of Dante: Canto V
An Opera by Patrick Soluri
Translation by John Ciardi*

Instrumentation
1 Piccolo (dbl. Alto Flute)
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
1 English Horn in F
2 Clarinets in Bb
1 Bass Clarinet in Bb (dbl. Eb Clarinet)
2 Bassoons
1 Contrabasson

4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C (1st Double Piccolo)
2 Tenor Trombones
1 Bass Trombone
1 Tuba

Timpani
Percussion 1: Crash Cymbal, Bass Drum (shared), 4 Tom Toms, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal and bow for cymbal.

Percussion 2: Bass Drum, Tubular Bells & Crash Cymbal Percussion 3: Tam Tam, & Crash Cymbal (w/ High Hat)

Piano
Harp

Violin I
Violin II
Viola I
Viola II
Cello I
Cello II
Contrabass

* From THE DIVINE COMEDY by Dante Alighieri, translated by John Ciardi. Copyright 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1970 by the Ciardi Family Publishing Trust. Used with permission of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.