general information

composition date
1994
revisition date
1999
duration
1h 30 min
editor
Peer Music, Hambourg
Commission
Hans Werner Henze, pour la Biennale de Munich
Libretto (details, author)

Tania León, d'après une pièce de Wole Soyinka.

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
mezzo-soprano, 3 tenors, 3 baritones, bass voice, 3 narrators

flute (also alto flute, piccolo), clarinet (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), alto saxophone (also tenor saxophone), bassoon (also contrabassoon), horn, trumpet (also cornet), tenor/bass trombone, 3 percussionists, piano (also celesta), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass

information about the creation

date
May 1, 1994

Allemagne, Munich Biennale for New Music Theatre, version pour orchestre de chambre

interpreters

Munich Instrumental Ensemble ; New York Vocal Soloists ; Tania León, direction


date
1999

Suisse, Genève, Grand Théâtre, version pour orchestre complet


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