general information

composition date
1991
editor
Hans Sikorski, Karlsruhe
Libretto (details, author)

Livret de Viktor Yerofeyev d'après sa nouvelle. Version allemande de Jörg Morgener, version anglaise de Andrew Reynolds et Anthony Legge.

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 sopranos, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, solo bass voice

5 second violins, flute (also piccolo, alto flute), oboe (also English horn), clarinet (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), bassoon (also contrabassoon), horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, celesta, piano, harpsichord, organ, 5 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 5 double basses

information about the creation

date
April 13, 1992

Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera

interpreters

Orchestre Philharmonique de Rotterdam, Mstislav Rostropovitch, direction, Boris Pokrovsky, mise en scène.


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