general information

composition date
1961-1962
duration
24 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Artistic collaboration(s)
chorégraphie de George Balanchine
Libretto (details, author)

Craft d'après la Genèse et des mystery plays de York et Chester

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor, 2 solo bass voices, 7 narrators, soprano, contralto, tenor

3 flutes (also piccolo), alto flute, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussionist, harp, celesta (also piano)

information about the creation

date
June 14, 1962

États-Unis, CBS television

interpreters

Stravinsky et Robert Craft : direction.

  • 30 avril 1963, création scénique, Allemagne, Hambourg, Staatsoper, direction : Robert Craft.

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