general information

composition date
2003-2004
duration
2h 2 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Opus
22
Artistic collaboration(s)
Tom Cairns et Moritz Junge, décors ; Moritz Junge, costumes ; Tom Cairns, mise en scène
Commission
Royal Opera House
Libretto (details, author)

Meredith Oakes (en anglais), d'après The Tempest de Shakespeare

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 solo baritones [1. Prospero (baryton aigü) ; 2. Sebastian], solo countertenor [Trinculo], 2 solo bass-baritones [Stefano ; Gonzalo], solo soprano [Ariel], solo mezzo-soprano [Miranda], 4 solo tenors [Caliban, Ferdinand, le Roi de Naples, Antonio]

3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets, A clarinet (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, 2 percussionists [ou 3], timpani, harp [acte III seulement], piano [droit]

information about the creation

date
February 10, 2004

Royaume-Uni, Londres, Royal Opéra House, Covent Garden

interpreters

Simon Keenlyside, Prospero ; Christine Rice, Miranda ; Toby Spence, Ferdinand ; Ian Bostridge, Caliban ; Cyndia Sieden, Ariel ; Philip Langridge, Le Roi de Naples ; John Daszak, Antonio ; Christopher Maltman, Sebastian ; Lawrence Zazzo, Trinculo ; Stephen Richardson, Stefano ; Gwynne Howell, Gonzalo ; Orchestre du Royal Opera House, direction : Thomas Adès et Tom Cairns.


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