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general information

composition date: 1982
revisition date: 1984, 1995
duration: 2h 45 min
editor: Schott
Dedicatee: Richard Bernas
Artistic collaboration(s): Robert Wilson, réalisation et design
Libretto (details, author): Euripide

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist: soprano, contralto, tenor, 3 baritones, bass voice

3 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 2 bass clarinets (also 3 clarinets, Eb clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, trombone (also bass trombone), tuba, 2 saxophones, 2 harp, piano, timpani, 5 percussionists, 10 violas, 8 cellos [ou 10], 4 double basses [ou 6]

information about the creation

date: October 23, 1984
: France, Opéra de Lyon

date: November 3, 1995
: Écosse, Glasgow, Tramway
interpreters: Patricia Bardon, nurse ; Gidon Sacts, tutor ; Jeffrey Lawton, Creon ; Majella Cullagh, Medea ; Richard Halton, Jason ; Nicholas Folwell, Aegeus ; David Barrell, messenger ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ; Martyn Brabbins, direction ; Scottish Opera Chorus

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