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composition date: 2010-2012
duration: 1h 55 min
editor: Universal Edition, Tesin
Dedicatee: à Ana et Pedro
Artistic collaboration(s): Daniel Karasek, metteur en scène
Commission: Theater Kiel
Libretto (details, author): Wolfgang Haendeler, d’après Stefan Zweig

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist: 4 sopranos, 2 contraltos, 4 tenors, 6 baritones, 4 bass voices, countertenor

4 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes, 4 clarinets (also bass clarinet), alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, bass tuba, 4 percussionists, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, 12 violins [ou 16], 12 second violins [ou 14], 10 violas [ou 12], 8 cellos [ou 10], 6 double basses [ou 8]

information about the creation

date: May 18, 2013
: Allemagne, Kiel, Opernhaus
interpreters: Heike Wittlieb, Anna Petrova, Susan Gouthro, sopranos ; Juliane Harberg, alto ; Michael Hofmeister, haute-contre ; Christoph Woo, Thomas Scheler, Michael Müller, ténors ; Jörg Sabrowski, Mikko Järviluoto, Andreas Winter, Ulrich Burdack, Salomon Zulic del Canto, barytons ; Tomohiro Takada, Marek Wojciechowski, basses ; Opernchor des Theaters Kiel ; Philharmonisches Orchester Kiel ; Georg Fritzsch, direction

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