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composition date: 1997-1998
duration: 1h 40 min
editor: Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author): Peter Greenaway

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist: 2 solo mezzo-sopranos, 2 unspecified solo child voices, 2 solo sopranos

3 flutes (also 3 piccolos, alto flute), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 bass clarinets (also contrabass clarinet), 2 horns, 2 trumpets (also bass trumpet), harpsichord [sur scène], 2 percussionists, 2 harp, 2 pianos, 6 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 double basses, 2 electric guitars, cymbalom

information about the creation

date: December 1, 1999
: Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Netherlands Opera
interpreters: Susan Narucki, Susan Bickley, Barbara Hannigan : voix, Peter Greenaway et Saskia Boddeke : mise en scène, Netherlands Opera, ASKO & Schoenberg Ensemble, direction : Reinbert de Leeuw.

Information on the electronics

RIM (réalisateur(s) en informatique musicale): Michel van der Aa
Electronic device: dispositif électronique non spécifié

observations

Enregistrement : Susan Narucki, Susan Bickley, Barbara Hannigan, ensembles Asko et Schönberg, direction : Reinbert de Leeuw, cd Nonesuch 7559798872.

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