general information

composition date

1958-1959

revisition date

1991

duration

2h 10 min

editor

Schott

Libretto (details, author)

livret de Ingeborg Bachmann d’après la pièce de Heinrich von Kleist

type

detailed formation

Soloist

solo tenor [Friedrich Wilhelm, prince de Brandebourg], solo contralto [la princesse], 2 solo sopranos, solo mezzo-soprano, solo contralto, 2 solo tenors, 4 solo baritones, 2 solo bass voices

4 flutes [dont 1 sur scène], 3 oboes [dont 1 sur scène], 3 clarinets [dont 1 sur scène], alto saxophone, 3 bassoons [dont 1 sur scène], 5 horns [dont 1 sur scène], 4 trumpets [dont 2 en ut sur scène], 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, tubular bells (also hand cymbals [sur scène]), 3 timpani, 2 harp, piano (also celesta), violin [sur scène], viola [sur scène], cello [sur scène]

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