Xavier Dayer (1972)

Le marin (1999)

Chamber opera in eight tableaux


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1999
    • Publisher: Papillon - Geneve
    • Libretto (details, author):

      sur des textes de Fernando Pessoa et Bernhard Sesé

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 2 solo sopranos [1 léger, 1 lyrique] , 1 solo mezzo-soprano, 1 bass clarinet [sur scène] , 1 alto saxophone [sur scène] , 1 cello [sur scène]
  • 1 flute (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 1 oboe (also 1 English horn), 1 clarinet (also 1 E-flat clarinet [en mib] , 1 bass clarinet), 1 horn, 1 trumpet [en ut] , 1 tenor/bass trombone, 1 tuba, 2 percussionists, 1 violin, 1 second violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 five-strings double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 1 September 1999
    Location:

    Genève, Festival Amadeus


    Performers:

    Tomoko Takeuchi et Elisabeth Baudry : sopranos, Christine Labadens : mezzo-soprano, Daniel Haefliger : violoncelle, René Meyer : clarinette, Serge Bertocchi : saxophone, Orchestre du Festival Amadeus, direction : Laurent Gay.