general information

composition date
1983
duration
35 min
editor
Hans Sikorski, Karlsruhe
Commission
Wiener Festwochen

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
contralto, countertenor, solo bass voice, tenor

3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, percussion, celesta, harpsichord, piano, organ, electric guitar, electric bass guitar

information about the creation

date
June 19, 1983

Autriche, Vienne

interpreters

Carol Wyatt (Mephistophila) ; Paul Esswood (Mephistophiles) ; Helmut Wildhaber (Narrator) ; Günter Reich (Faustus) ; Martin Haselböck, orgue ; Wiener Singakademie ; Wiener Symphoniker ; Guennadi Rojdestvenski, direction.

observations

Il s'agit du troisième acte de Historia von D. Johann Fausten.


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