general information

composition date
1932-1933
duration
1h 45 min
editor
Universal Edition, Tesin
Dedicatee
au Wiener Staatsoper et son directeur Clemens Krauss
Opus
73
Libretto (details, author)

Ernst Krenek

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 solo sopranos [Eleonore ; Isabella], 2 solo tenors [Ferdinand ; Francisco Borgia ; Francis I ; Frangipani], 3 solo baritones [Karl V ; Martin Luther ; Sultan Soliman], narrator [Juan de la Regla], solo contralto [Juana]

2 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 oboes, 2 trombones, harp, percussionist, 4 horns, tuba

information about the creation

date
June 22, 1938

République tchèque, Prague, Neues Deutsches Theater

interpreters

Karl Rankl : direction, Friedrich Schramm : producteur, Franz Schulthes : mise en scène, Pavel Ludikar : Karl V, Anton Schmerzenreich : Juan, Martha Cuno : Eleonore, Harriet Henders : Isabella, Lydia Kindermann : Juana, Kurt Baum : François, Josef Schwartz : Luther, Hans Grahl : Francisco Borgio.


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