The work was premiered in the United States on the CBS Television Network on 14 June 1962, a production conducted by Robert Craft and choreographed by George Balanchine. Dramatic actors participating in the work included Laurence Harvey (Narrator), Sebastian Cabot (Noah), and Elsa Lanchester (Noah's Wife, which Lanchester played with a Cockney accent). Robert Craft also conducted the first staged performance, in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1962, and again in Hamburg on 30 April 1963.
| Librettist | Robert Craft (Based on the story of the Creation with that of Noah from "Genesis" and the "York and Chester cycles of mystery plays") |
| Date of composition | 1962 |
| Premiered | 1962, June 14th (CBS Television Network) in New York, NY, United States |
| Type | Opera |
| Approx. duration | 20 minutes |
| Spoken language | English |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Tenor) - Lucifer/Satan Voice (Bass) - God Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - A narrator Chorus/Choir - chorus Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Satan Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Eve Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Noah Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Noah's wife Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - son of Noah Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - a caller |
| Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: The Flood Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: The Flood Igor Strawinsky: The Flood |