general information

composition date
2002-2003
duration
2h 30 min
editor
Universal Edition, Tesin
Commission
Festival de Bregenz
Libretto (details, author)

Livret du Georg Friedrich Haas d’après ‘Ein Landarzt’ de Franz Kafka et ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ d’Edgar Allan Poe

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo baritone [le prisonnier], solo bass voice [le médecin/la 2e bougie blanche], solo soprano [Julia/Baucis/la soeur/Rosa Luxemburg II/la 1e bougie blanche], solo mezzo-soprano [Rosa/la mère/Rosa Luxemburg III/la 2e bougie blanche], actress [Rosa Luxemburg/Lorenzina/la 3e bougie blanche], solo countertenor [Romeo/Philemon/le garçon malade/la 4e bougie blanche], solo tenor [le palefrenier/le vieil homme/la 5e bougie blanche], actor [l amant/la 6e bougie blanche], solo baritone [le prisonnier], solo bass voice [le médecin/la 2e bougie blanche], solo soprano [Julia/Baucis/la soeur/Rosa Luxemburg II/la 1e bougie blanche], solo mezzo-soprano [Rosa/la mère/Rosa Luxemburg III/la 2e bougie blanche], actress [Rosa Luxemburg/Lorenzina/la 3e bougie blanche], solo countertenor [Romeo/Philemon/le garçon malade/la 4e bougie blanche], solo tenor [le palefrenier/le vieil homme/la 5e bougie blanche], actor [l amant/la 6e bougie blanche]

5 sopranos (also 5 contraltos, 4 tenors, 4 bass voices), 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, saxophone, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, harp, accordion, celesta, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas, 7 cellos [dont 5 figurants], 4 double basses [dont 3 figurants], 5 sopranos (also 5 contraltos, 4 tenors, 4 bass voices), 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, saxophone, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, harp, accordion, celesta, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas, 7 cellos [dont 5 figurants], 4 double basses [dont 3 figurants]

information about the creation

date
August 14, 2003
Autriche, Théâtre de Bregenz
interpreters
Georg Nigl (le prisonnier), Johannes Schmidt (le médecin), Melanie Walz (soprano), Anette Stricker (mezzo-soprano), Babett Arens (actrice), Kai Wessel (contre-ténor), Alexander Kaimbacher (ténor), Walter Raffeiner (acteur), Klangforum Wien, ensemble NOVA, direction : Sylvain Cambreling, mise en scène : Hermann Feuchter.

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