Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)

Job, una sacra rappresentazione (1950)

for solo voices, narrator, choir and orchestra
[Job, une représentation sacrée]


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1950
    • Duration: 35 mn
    • Publisher: Suvini Zerboni
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Bible, Livre de Job

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 1 solo bass voice, 1 solo soprano, 1 solo mezzo-soprano, 1 solo tenor, 1 solo baritone, 1 narrator
  • mixed choir, speech choir
  • 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 1 celesta, 1 piano, 1 xylophone, 1 vibraphone, 2 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 30 October 1950
    Location:

    Rome, Teatro Eliseo


    Performers:

    Fernando Previtali : direction.