general information

composition date
1976-1977
duration
1h 7min
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, mixed choir

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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