Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
Das Wundertheater (1948 -1964)
new version for singers and orchestra
[Le théâtre magique]
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1948 - 1964
- Duration: 45 mn
- Publisher: Schott
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Libretto (details, author):
Intermezzo de Miguel Cervantes, version allemande de Adolf Graf von Schack
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Composition date:
1948 - 1964
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 1 solo tenor [Chanfalla, directeur du Wundertheater] , 1 solo contralto [Chirinos, sa compagne] , 1 solo tenor [le môme, un musicien] , 1 solo bass voice [le Gobernador] , 1 solo baritone [Benito Repollo, Alcalde] , 1 solo soprano [Theresa, sa fille] , 1 male dancer [Repollo, son neveu] , 1 solo baritone [Juán Castrado, Regidor] , 1 solo mezzo-soprano [Juana Castrada, sa fille] , 1 solo tenor [Pedro Capacho, écrivain] , 1 narrator [un fourier] , 1 mime [un homme en toge]
- unspecified choir
- 1 mime [nombre ad lib.] , 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 tenor saxophone, 2 bassoons, 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 3 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 harp, 1 harpsichord, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
30 November 1965
Location:Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Bühnen
Performers:direction : Wolfgang Rennert, mise en scène : Hans Neugebauer, décors : Jacques Camurati
Observations
Version avec orchestre réduit : 1111 - 1110 - percussion, timbales, harpe, clavecin, quintette à cordes.