Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
Das Wundertheater (1948)
opera in 1 act for actors on an Intermezzo by Miguel Cervantes
[Le théâtre magique]
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1948
- Duration: 45 mn
- Publisher: Schott
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Libretto (details, author):
version allemande par adolf Graf von Schack
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Composition date:
1948
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Double wind orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: 12 actors
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 tenor saxophone, 2 bassoons, 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 percussionist, 1 timpani, 1 harp, 1 harpsichord, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
7 May 1949
Location:Städtische Bünhen Heidelberg
Performers:direction : Carl Caelius, mise en scène : Heinrich Köhler-Helffrich
Observations
Version avec orchestre réduit : 1111 - 1110 - percussion, timbales, harpe, clavecin, quintette à cordes.