general information

composition date
1952-1953
duration
2h 10min
editor
Universal Edition, Tesin
Opus
144
Libretto (details, author)

Ernst Krenek

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
3 solo baritones [Meton ; Nauarchos ; Brasidas], 5 solo tenors [Alkibiades ; Meletos ; Senator (ténor ou baryton) ; Lysander ; Ktesippos], 2 solo sopranos [Althaea ; Timaea], solo bass-baritone [Sokrates], solo mezzo-soprano [Pallas Athene]

percussionist, 2 clarinets, 2 trumpets, piano, 2 flutes, 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trombones, strings, timpani, harp

information about the creation

date
October 17, 1955

Allemagne, Hamburg, Hamburgische Staatsoper

interpreters

Leopold Ludwig : direction, Günther Rennert : producteur, Alfred Siercke : mise en scène et costumes, Margarete Ast : Pallas Athene, James Pease : Sokrates, Heinz Sauerbaum : Alkibiades, Helmut Melchert : Meletos, Hermann Prey : Meton, Helga Pilarczyk : Althaea, Karl Otto : Nauarchos, Adolf Meyer-Bremen : Senator, Arnold ven Mill : Agis.


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