general information

composition date
2010-2011
editor
Durand
Commission
Opéra national du Rhin, Ircam-Centre Pompidou
Libretto (details, author)

Jean-Pierre Milovanoff

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
solo contralto [Folia, une jeune femme], solo baritone [Gutenberg], solo soprano [colorature : L’hôtesse], 2 solo sopranos, solo mezzo-soprano, solo tenor, 2 solo baritones, solo bass voice

3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, 12 violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses

information about the creation

date
September 24, 2011

France, Strasbourg, Opéra national du Rhin, festival Musica

interpreters

Yoshi Oida : mise en scène, assisté de Samuel Vittoz, Tom Schenk : décors, vidéo, avec Nicolas Cavalier, baryton : Gutenberg, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, contralto : Folia, une jeune femme, Mélanie Boisvert, soprano colorature : L’hôtesse, le Chœur et la Maîtrise de l’Opéra national du Rhin et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, direction : Daniel Klajner.

Information on the electronics

RIM (réalisateur(s) en informatique musicale)
Serge Lemouton
Electronic device
dispositif électronique non spécifié

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