general information

composition date
2015-2016
duration
1h 55 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Artistic collaboration(s)
Tom Cairns, mise en scène
Commission
Salzburg Music Festival, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera New York et Royal Danish Opera
Libretto (details, author)

Tom Cairns en collaboration avec Thomas Adès, d’après le scénario de Luis Buñuel et Luis Alcoriza.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), choir(s) and ensemble of more than 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
6 sopranos, 3 mezzo-sopranos, countertenor, 5 tenors, 6 baritones, bass voice

3 flutes (also 2 piccolos, bass flute, alto flute), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contraforte), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, trombone, tuba, timpani (also rototom), 4 percussionists, piano, harp, guitar, ondes Martenot, 12 violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 6 double basses

information about the creation

date
July 28, 2016

Autriche, Salzbourg, Haus für Mozart

interpreters

Amanda Echalaz, Lucia ; Audrey Luna, Leticia ; Anne Sofie von Otter, Leonora ; Sally Matthews, Silvia ; Christine Rice, Blanca ; Sophie Bevan, Beatri ; Charles Workman, Nobile) ; Frédéric Antoun, Raul ; David Adam Moore, Le Colonel ; Iestyn Davies, Francisco ; Ed Lyon, Eduardo ; Eric Halfvarson, Russell ; Thomas Allen, Roc ; John Tomlinson, Le Docteur ; Morgan Moody, Julio ; Franz Gürtelschmied, Enrique ; Rafael Fingerlos, Pablo ; Frances Pappas, Meni ; Anna Maria Dur, Camila ; Salzburger Bachchor ; ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien ; Thomas Adès, direction.


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