general information

composition date
2004-2005
duration
3h 20 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
Bob Hurwitz
Commission
San Francisco Opera
Libretto (details, author)

Peter Sellars, d’après Baudelaire, John Donne, Baghavad Gita, Muriel Rukeyser et des document déclassifiés, articles de presse, articles scientifiques.

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 mezzo-sopranos [Kitty Oppenheimer ; Pasqualita], 2 tenors [Robert Wilson ; Captain James Nolan], 3 baritones [Robert Oppenheimer ; Edward teller ; Jack Hubbard ], bass voice [Général Leslie Groves ]

3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, piccolo trumpet, 3 trombones, tuba, harp, celesta, timpani, 4 percussionists

information about the creation

date
October 1, 2005

États-Unis, San Francisco, Opera

interpreters

Donald Runnicles : direction, Robert Oppenheimer : Gerald Finley, Kitty Oppenheimer : Kristine Jepson, Général Leslie Groves : Eric Owens, Edward Teller : Richard Paul Fink, Robert Wilson : Thomas Glenn, Jack Hubbard : James Maddalena, Captain James Nolan : Jay Hunter Morris, Pasqualita : Beth Clayton. Adrienne Lobel : mise en scène, James F. Ingalls : lumières, Lucinda Childs : chorégraphie, Mark Grey : sound design, Ian Robertson : direction du chœur.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
dispositif électronique non spécifié

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