general information

composition date
1962
duration
2h 30 min
editor
Schott
Libretto (details, author)

Graf Carlo Gozzi d’après Heinz von Cramer

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
3 solo tenors, 3 solo sopranos, 3 solo mezzo-sopranos, solo baritone, other type of non-musician soloist [clowns chanteurs, danseurs, comédiens (nombre non précisé)], soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos, tenor, bass voice

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 5 horns [dont 2 derrière la scène], 8 trumpets [dont 3 en do sur scène et 3 en do derrrière la scène], 2 trombones, percussionist, snare drum (also glockenspiel, triangle, vibraphone [sur la scène]), 10 bells (also tubular bells [derrière la scène]), harp, mandolin [sur la scène], celesta, 2 harpsichords [dont 1 derrière la scène], piano, organ [ad lib. dans l orchestre,], pump organ [derrière la scène]

information about the creation

date
March 10, 1963

Staatstheater Kassel

interpreters

direction : Hans Werner Henze, mise en scène : Hans Hartleb, décors et costumes : Ekkehard Grüber


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