general information

composition date
2005
duration
1h 50 min
editor
Lemoine
Commission
Grand théâtre de Genève, avec le soutien du Cercle du Grand théâtre, de Pro Helvetia et de la Fondation Suisse pour la culture.
Libretto (details, author)

d'après La vie de Galilée de Bertolt Brecht.

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
13 unspecified voices

3 flutes (also 3 piccolos, alto flute), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, 3 percussionists, timpani, 2 harp, piano (also celesta), electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 7 double basses

information about the creation

date
January 25, 2006

Suisse, Genève, Grand théâtre

interpreters

Pascal Rophé : direction, Nicolas Brieger : mise en scène, Hermann Feuchter : décors, Jorge Jara : costumes, Wolfgang Göbbel : lumières, solistes : Claudio Otelli, Peter Bording, Hanna Schaer, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ulfried Haselsteiner, Peter Kennel, Adrian Thompson, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, chœur du Grand Théâtre, direction : Ching-Lien Wu.


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