general information

composition date
1941-1944
duration
55 min
editor
Salabert
Dedicatee
à Zambie [Andrée Knecht]

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
soprano [Dolorès, coloratur], bass voice [Alonzo, basse bouffe], baritone [le voyageur étranger, baryton martin], bass voice [l'ermite], tenor [l'amateur de sport, ténor trial]

2 flutes (also piccolo), oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 timpani, 3 percussionists, pump organ, harp, strings

information about the creation

date
April 8, 1960

France, Lyon, Opéra

interpreters

Jacqueline Silvy : Dolorès, Adrien Legros : Alonzo, Maurice Bogeat : Le Voyageur, Maurice Besançon : l'amateur de sport, Xavier Depraz : l'ermite, l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, direction : Edmond Carrère.

observations

  • Création radiophonique le 4 mai 1947 à la Radiodiffusion française (Paris), sous la direction d'André Jolivet.
  • Mise en scène de Louis Erlo et décors de Yves Brayer.

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