The 90-minute opera - its title translates to "The Silken Ladder" - will be performed in an English translation by Robert Hess.

The opera was first performed in an Italian translation at La Scala on 26 January 1957.

This Grammy-winning recording is performed in an English translation created by Shaw.

The libretto was performed in an original translation by Michael Feingold; the production was directed by Alvin Epstein.

The work is performed in an English translation by Seamus Heaney.

However, it is now normally performed in a Ukrainian translation.

The opera was first performed at the Staatsoper, Berlin on 5 May 1930 in a German translation by Rudolph Stephan Hoffmann.

(The opera is performed in a Danish translation of Mr. Bentley's English text.)

Since then it has been performed in many countries, both in the original Turkish and in a German translation.

The work will be performed in an English translation by Robert T. Jones and Yveta Synek Graff.