Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
Don Chisciotte della Mancia (1976)
comic opera after Giovanni Battista Lorenzi and Giovanni Paisiello
stage work
arrangement
- General information
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Composition date:
1976
- Duration: 2 h 15 mn
- Publisher: Schott
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Libretto (details, author):
Giuseppe Di Leva, Hans Werner Henze
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Composition date:
1976
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and ensemble of more than 25 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 4 solo sopranos [La Contessa ; Carmosina ; Cardolella ; La Duchessa] , 2 solo tenors [Don Chisciotte ; Conte Don Calafrone] , 2 solo baritones [Sancio Pansa ; Don Platone] , 2 narrators [Don Chisciotte ; Sancio Pansa]
- 2 piccolos [sur scène] , 1 flute (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute [ad lib.] ), 1 oboe (also 1 English horn), 2 Eb clarinets [sur scène] , 3 clarinets [dont 2 sur scène] (also 1 bass clarinet), 1 soprano saxophone [sur scène] , 1 tenor saxophone [sur scène] , 1 bassoon (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns [sur scène] , 2 flugerlhorns [1 ténor et 1 basse (ou 2 clarinettes basses) sur scène] , 2 trombones, 2 tubas, 1 timpani [dont un paire sur scène] , 5 percussionists [dont 2 sur scène] , 1 guitar, 1 piano (also 1 tambourine, 1 organ [petit] ), 1 harpsichord (also 1 organ [ou piano préparé] ), 1 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double bass
Premiere information
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Date:
1 August 1976
Location:Italie, Montepulciano, 1° Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte
Performers:Giampiero Taverna, direction, ensembles de Montepulciano et d'Abbadia San Salvatore, instrumentistes du Cantiere d'Arte, mise en scène : Hans Werner Henze et Gianfranco Ventura, décors et costumes : Giovanni Soccol et Silvana Vialli.