general information

composition date
1956-1959
revisition date
1965
duration
2h
editor
Bote & Bock
Libretto (details, author)

Peter Palitzsch et Manfred Wekwerth d'après Bertolt Brecht. 

type

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

detailed formation

3 trombones, 4 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, viola, 9 tenors, 5 bass voices, 4 speaking voices, 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), clarinet, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 3 horns, 2 trumpets, tuba, percussion, harp, accordion, violin, viola, cello, double bass

information about the creation

date
1966

République démocratique allemande, Berlin, Staatsoper. 

observations

1965 : Ajout d'un prologue


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