Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Perséphone (1933 -1934)
melodrama in three scenes, for solo tenor, narrator, mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1933 - 1934
Revision dates: 1949
- Duration: 56 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author):
André Gide
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Composition date:
1933 - 1934
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 1 solo tenor, 1 female narrator
- mixed choir, children's choir
- 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 1 percussionist, 2 harp, 1 piano, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
30 April 1934
Location:France, Paris, Opéra
Performers:Igor Stravinsky : direction.
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