general information

composition date
1974
revisition date
1977
duration
1h 35 min
editor
Ricordi
Dedicatee
à Claudio Abbado e Maurizio Pollini
Commission
Teatro alla Scala
Libretto (details, author)

documents, Bertolt Brecht, Tania Bunke, Fidel Castro, Ernesto Che Guevara, Georgi Dimitrov, Maxime Gorki, Antonio Gramsci, Lénine, Karl Marx, Louise Michel, Cesare Pavese, Arthur Rimbaud, Celia Sánchez et Haydée Santamaría, réunis par Youri Lioubimov et Luigi Nono

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
4 solo sopranos, solo contralto, solo baritone, 2 solo bass voices

8 flutes, 4 oboes, 5 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, percussionist, 2 timpani, harp [amplifée]

information about the creation

date
April 4, 1975

Italie, Milan

interpreters

le Chœur et l'Orchestre du Teatro alla Scala, direction : Claudio Abbado, mise en scène : Youri Lioubimov, décors et costumes : David Borovski.


date
February 11, 1978

Italie, Milan

interpreters

les mêmes interprètes.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
sons fixés sur support

observations

deux chœurs mixtes : un petit chœur et un grand chœur


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