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The Poisoned Kiss, or The Empress and the Necromancer is an opera in three acts by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The libretto, by Evelyn Sharp, is based on Richard Garnett's The Poison Maid and Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter. The opera was first performed at the Cambridge Arts Theatre on 12 May 1936, and will be given its New York City professional premiere by the Bronx Opera in January 2012. [1]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 12 May 1936 (Conductor: - ) |
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| Angelica | soprano | Margaret Field-Hyde |
| Tormentilla | soprano | Mabel Ritchie |
| Gallanthus | baritone | Geoffry Dunn |
| Dipsacus | bass | Frederick Woodhouse |
| Empress | contralto | Meriel St Clair |
| Amaryllus | tenor | Trefor Jones |