- General information
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Composition date :
1926 - 1927
Revision dates : 1948
- Duration : 53 mn
- Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author) :
de Jean Cocteau d'après Sophocles (traduction du latin par J. Daniélou)
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Composition date :
1926 - 1927
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists : 1 narrator, 1 solo mezzo-soprano, 2 solo tenors, 1 solo baritone, 3 solo bass voices [ou 2]
- 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet), 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 2 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 cymbalom, 1 piano, strings
Premiere information
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Date :
30 May 1927
Location :France, Paris, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt (version concert)
Performers :l'orchestre des Ballets Russes, direction : Igor Stravinsky.
- 23 février 1928, version scénique, Autriche, Vienne, Staatsoper, direction : Wallerstein.
Observations
La réduction pour piano et voix est de Stravinsky.
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