- General information
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Composition date:
2004 - 2005
- Duration: 3 h 20 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Commission: San Francisco Opera
- Dedication: Bob Hurwitz
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Libretto (details, author):
Peter Sellars, d’après Baudelaire, John Donne, Baghavad Gita, Muriel Rukeyser et des document déclassifiés, articles de presse, articles scientifiques.
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Composition date:
2004 - 2005
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
- soloists: 2 mezzo-sopranos [Kitty Oppenheimer ; Pasqualita] , 2 tenors [Robert Wilson ; Captain James Nolan] , 3 baritones [Robert Oppenheimer ; Edward teller ; Jack Hubbard ] , 1 bass voice [Général Leslie Groves ]
- mixed choir
- 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 1 bass clarinet, 1 contrabass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 1 piccolo trumpet, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 harp, 1 celesta, 1 timpani, 4 percussionists, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
1 October 2005
Location:États-Unis, San Francisco, Opera
Performers:Donald Runnicles : direction, Robert Oppenheimer : Gerald Finley, Kitty Oppenheimer : Kristine Jepson, Général Leslie Groves : Eric Owens, Edward Teller : Richard Paul Fink, Robert Wilson : Thomas Glenn, Jack Hubbard : James Maddalena, Captain James Nolan : Jay Hunter Morris, Pasqualita : Beth Clayton. Adrienne Lobel : mise en scène, James F. Ingalls : lumières, Lucinda Childs : chorégraphie, Mark Grey : sound design, Ian Robertson : direction du chœur.
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: dispositif électronique non spécifié