general information

composition date

1983

duration

2h 30 min

editor

Dunvagen Music Publishers

Commission

Württembergisch Staatstheater, Stuttgart

Libretto (details, author)

Philip Glass, Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel et Richard Riddell d’après des sources originales : Shalom Goldman, en egyptien, arcadien, hébreux.

type

detailed formation

Soloist

4 solo sopranos, 4 solo mezzo-sopranos, solo countertenor, solo tenor, solo baritone, solo bass voice

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also 2 oboes d'amore), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer (also celesta), strings [sans violons]

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