general information

composition date
2003-2004
duration
1h 30 min
editor
Salabert
Commission
Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
Libretto (details, author)

Pascal Dusapin, librement inspiré de La tragique Histoire du Docteur Faust de Christopher Marlowe

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
3 solo baritones [barytons-basse], solo tenor, solo soprano, horn [sur scène], trumpet [sur scène], piccolo trumpet, trombone [sur scène]

3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, timpani

information about the creation

date
January 21, 2006

Allemagne, Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden

interpreters

Georg Nigl : baryton (Faustus), Hanno Müller-Brachmann : baryton (Méphistophélès), Robert Wörle : ténor (Sly), Jaco Huijpen : basse (Togod), Caroline Stein : soprano (L'Ange), Michael Boder : direction, Peter Mussbach : mise en scène, Andrea Schmidt-Futterer : costumes.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
sons fixés sur support(cd)

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Created the same year
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