Michael Jarrell (1958)

Galilei (2005)

opera in twelve scenes, for thirteen soloists, choir and orchestra


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2005
    • Duration: 1 h 50 mn
    • Publisher: Lemoine
    • Commission: Grand théâtre de Genève, avec le soutien du Cercle du Grand théâtre, de Pro Helvetia et de la Fondation Suisse pour la culture.
    • Libretto (details, author):

      d'après La vie de Galilée de Bertolt Brecht.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: 13 unspecified voices
  • mixed choir
  • 3 flutes (also 3 piccolos, alto flute), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, 3 percussionists, timpani, 2 harp, piano (also celesta), electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 7 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 25 January 2006
    Location:

    Suisse, Genève, Grand théâtre


    Performers:

    Pascal Rophé : direction, Nicolas Brieger : mise en scène, Hermann Feuchter : décors, Jorge Jara : costumes, Wolfgang Göbbel : lumières, solistes : Claudio Otelli, Peter Bording, Hanna Schaer, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ulfried Haselsteiner, Peter Kennel, Adrian Thompson, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, chœur du Grand Théâtre, direction : Ching-Lien Wu.