Pascal Dusapin (1955)

Faustus, The Last Night (2003 -2004)

opera in one night and eleven acts


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2003 - 2004
    • Duration: 1 h 30 mn
    • Publisher: Salabert, Paris
    • Commission: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Pascal Dusapin, librement inspiré de La tragique Histoire du Docteur Faust de Christopher Marlowe

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

  • 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)