general information

composition date
1988
duration
2h 30 min
editor
Jobert
Opus
WD 3

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, 2 solo contraltos, solo tenor, solo bass voice

2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, harp, glockenspiel, piano, celesta, organ, harpsichord, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, pump organ

information about the creation

date
May 16, 1989

Belgique, Bruxelles, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie

interpreters

Sylvain Cambreling : direction, Luc Bondy : mise en scène, Deborah Voight : Fortuna et Pallas, Xenia Konsek : Virtù, Françoise Golfier : Amore, Catherine Malfitano : Poppea, Marek Torzewski : Nerone, Trudeliese Schmidt : Ottavia, Elzbieta Ardam : Ottone, Malcom King : Seneca, Joanna Koslowska : Drusilla, Christiane Young : Nutrice, Uwe Schönbeck : Arnalta, Franco Careccia : Lucano, Luc de Meulenaere, André Grégoire, John Dur : Famigliari di Seneca, John Dur : Littore, Philipp Scheffield : Liberto Capitano et Secondo soldato, Stefanie Rhaue : Valletto, Carla Cortner : Damigella, Julian Pike : Primo soldato, Jacques Does : Mercurius.


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