general information

composition date
1976-1977
duration
1h 7 min
editor
Universal Edition, Tesin
Libretto (details, author)

d'après Nietzsche et Rimbaud

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, solo baritone

4 flutes (also 4 piccolos), 4 oboes, 2 bass clarinets, 4 bassoons, 6 horns, 4 trumpets [en ut], 4 trombones, 5 percussionists, 2 harp, mandolin [ad lib.], piano, 12 violas, 8 double basses, 4 clarinets, 2 contrabassoons, 2 tubas, timpani, celesta, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 10 cellos

information about the creation

date
November 15, 1979

Allemagne, Berlin

interpreters

Inga Nielsen, Gerhard Faulstich, verstärkter Kammerchor Ernst Senff, Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin, direction : Michael Gielen.


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