Wolfgang Rihm (1952)

Jakob Lenz (1977 -1978)

chamber opera


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1977 - 1978
    • Duration: 1 h 15 mn
    • Publisher: Universal Edition
    • Commission: Opéra de Hambourg
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Michael Fröhling d'après Lenz de Georg Büchner

Detailed formation
  • soloists: solo baritone [Lenz] , solo bass voice [Oberlin] , solo tenor [Kaufmann] , 2 unspecified solo child voices [ou 4]
  • ensemble of vocal soloists(2 solo soprano, 2 solo contralto, 2 solo bass voice)
  • 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), clarinet (also bass clarinet), contrabassoon (also bassoon), trumpet [en ut] , trombone, percussionist, harpsichord, 3 cellos

Premiere information

  • Date: 8 March 1979
    Location:

    Allemagne, Hamburg


    Performers:

    Richard Salter, Peter Haage, Ude Krekow, membre de l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Hamburg, direction : Klauspeter Seibel, mise en scène : Siegfried Schoenbohm.