general information

composition date

1974-1980

duration

3h 15 min

editor

Universal Edition, Tesin

Commission

Ministère fédéral de l'éducation et de l'art, Autriche

Libretto (details, author)

Friedrich Cerha d'après les quatres versions de Baal de Bertold Brecht

type

detailed formation

Soloist

solo baritone [Baal], solo bass voice [Ekart], solo tenor [Johannes], solo mezzo-soprano [Emilie], 2 solo sopranos [Johanna et Sophie], solo soprano, solo contralto, 2 solo tenors, 2 solo baritones, solo bass voice, 2 narrators

flute (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 5 clarinets [dont 2 derrière la scène], 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets [dont une derrière la scène] (also flugerlhorn), 5 trombones [dont un derrière la scène], tuba, 6 percussionists [dont un derrière la scène], harp, guitar, electric organ, 12 violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 7 double basses [dont une derrière la scène], 2 saxophones, 2 piccolos [derrière la scène], 2 contrabassoons [dont 1 derrière la scène], 2 timpani, bass clarinet [derrière la scène], alto saxophone [derrière la scène], 2 accordions [dont un derrière la scène]

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