Pascal Dusapin (1955)
Faustus, The Last Night (2003 -2004)
opera in one night and eleven acts
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
2003 - 2004
- Duration: 1 h 30 mn
- Publisher: Salabert, Paris
- Commission: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
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Libretto (details, author):
Pascal Dusapin, librement inspiré de La tragique Histoire du Docteur Faust de Christopher Marlowe
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Composition date:
2003 - 2004
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 3 solo baritones [barytons-basse] , solo tenor, solo soprano, horn [sur scène] , trumpet [sur scène] (also piccolo trumpet), trombone [sur scène]
- 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, timpani, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
21 January 2006
Location:Allemagne, Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Performers:Georg Nigl : baryton (Faustus), Hanno Müller-Brachmann : baryton (Méphistophélès), Robert Wörle : ténor (Sly), Jaco Huijpen : basse (Togod), Caroline Stein : soprano (L'Ange), Michael Boder : direction, Peter Mussbach : mise en scène, Andrea Schmidt-Futterer : costumes.
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support (cd)