general information

composition date
1951
duration
45 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
à Marc Blitzstein
Libretto (details, author)

livret par Leonard Bernstein.

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
mezzo-soprano, solo bass-baritone, soprano [ou mezzo, trio jazz], tenor [ténor haut, trio jazz], solo baritone [baryton haut, trio jazz]

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, harp, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass

information about the creation

date
June 12, 1952

États-Unis, Waltham, Brandeis University Festival of the Creative Arts

interpreters

Nell Tangeman, David Atkinson, Constance Brigham, Robert Kole, Claude Heater : voix, Elliot Silverstein : mise en scène, direction : Leonard Bernstein.

observations

  • Cet opéra a été inclus dans A Quiet Place.
  • Il existe une version pour petit ensemble et une version pour orchestre réduit, éditées chez Boosey & Hawkes.

similar works

Same type
Created the same year
Composed the same year
Same detailed formation

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