general information

composition date
1985-1988
duration
1h 25 min
editor
Salabert
Commission
Opéra de Montpellier
Libretto (details, author)

Olivier Cadiot

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, solo baritone [baryton martin], solo baritone [baryton-basse], solo bass voice, clarinet, E-flat clarinet, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 speaking voices, solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, solo countertenor, solo tenor [ou baryton martin], 8 sopranos, 8 contraltos, 8 tenors, 8 bass voices

3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 12 violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 6 double basses

information about the creation

date
July 10, 1989

France, Montpellier, festival de Radio France

interpreters

Françoise Kubler et Cyrille Gerstenhaber : sopranos, Nicholas Isherwood : baryton, Julien Combey : baryton-basse, Pascal Sausy : basse, Armand Angster : clarinette solo, quator vocal : Donatienne Michel-Dansac et Bernadette Mercier : sopranos, Valérie Joly : mezzo-soprano, Timothy Greacen : contre-ténor, Jean Mars Bory : ténor.

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