general information

composition date
1975-1983
duration
4h 20 min
editor
Alphonse Leduc, Paris

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 solo baritones, 3 solo tenors, solo soprano, 3 solo bass voices

15 sopranos (also 15 sopranos [2], 15 mezzo-sopranos, 15 contraltos, 15 contraltos [2], 15 tenors, 15 tenors [2], 15 baritones, 15 bass voices, 15 bass voices [2]), 7 flutes, 4 oboes, 8 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 3 tubas, 5 percussionists, xylophone, xylorimba, marimba, glockenspiel, vibraphone, ondes Martenot, 16 violins, 16 second violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, 10 double basses

information about the creation

date
November 28, 1983
Opéra de Paris
interpreters
José Van Dam (Saint François), Michel Philippe (Frère Léon), Kenneth Riegel (le lépreux), Christiane Eda-Pierre (l'ange), choeur et orchestre de l'opéra de Paris, Seiji Ozawa.

Part titles

Acte I : La Croix - Les Laudes - Le Baiser aux Lépreux

Acte II : L’Ange voyageur - L’Ange musicien - Le Prêche au oiseaux

Acte III : Les Stigmates - La Mort et la nouvelle vie.


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