- General information
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Composition date :
2003 - 2004
- Video, installation (detail, author) : Tom Cairns et Moritz Junge, décors ; Moritz Junge, costumes ; Tom Cairns, mise en scène
- Duration : 2 h 2 mn
- Editor : Faber Music, Londres
- Opus : 22
- Commission: Royal Opera House
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Livret (détail, auteur) :
Meredith Oakes (en anglais), d'après The Tempest de Shakespeare
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Composition date :
2003 - 2004
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- solistes : solo soprano [Ariel] , solo mezzo-soprano [Miranda] , solo countertenor [Trinculo] , 4 solo tenors [Caliban, Ferdinand, le Roi de Naples, Antonio] , 2 solo baritones [1. Prospero (baryton aigü) ; 2. Sebastian] , 2 solo bass-baritones [Stefano ; Gonzalo]
- mixed choir
- 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets, A clarinet (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (also 1 bass trombone), tuba, 2 percussionists [ou 3] , timpani, harp [acte III seulement] , piano [droit] , strings
Creation information
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Date :
10 February 2004
Location :Royaume-Uni, Londres, Royal Opéra House, Covent Garden
Performers :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.