general information

composition date
1999-2000
duration
1h 50 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, solo baritone, solo countertenor

2 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons, 3 horns, 2 guitars [cordes en acier], 3 trombones, 3 percussionists, harp, piano (also 2 celestas), 14 violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses [nombre de cordes minimum]

information about the creation

date
December 15, 2000

Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet

interpreters

le Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, the London Voices, the Theater of Voices, La Maitrise de Paris et les solistes Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Willard White, direction : Kent Nagano, mise en scène : Peter Sellars.


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