The Tigers is a burlesque opera in a prologue and three acts by Havergal Brian.
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 Maida Vale Studios.
[1][2] The plot concerns a regiment nicknamed The Tigers.
The Tigers is scored for a large orchestra, timpani, cymbal, bass drum, snare drum, long drum, triangle, tambourine, tam-tam, thunder machine, whip, sleigh bells, town crier's bell, police bell, ship's siren, telephone bell, police whistle, motor horn, fire bells, tubular bells in Bb, C, D, Eb, xylophone, glockenspiel, 2 vibraphones and a tubaphone This is the first time the vibraphone is used in an orchestral score.
[3] This article about an opera or opera-related subject is a stub.