Heiner Goebbels (1952)
Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten (2002)
opera, for ensemble, choir and soloists
[Paysage avec parents éloignés]
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
2002
- Publisher: Ricordi, Munich, nº Sy. 3562
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Libretto (details, author):
d’après des textes et motifs de Giordano Bruno, Arthur Chapman/Estelle Philleo, T.S.Eliot, Francois Fénelon, Michel Foucault, Katharina Fritsch, Claude Lorrain, Henri Michaux, Nicolas Poussin, Max Reger, Gertrude Stein, Diego Velázquez, Leonardo da Vinci.
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Composition date:
2002
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), choir(s) and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments]
- soloists: solo baritone, actor
- mixed choir(4 soprano, 4 contralto, 4 tenor, 4 bass voice)
- flute (also bass flute, other traditional flute [chinoise] ), oboe (also other double reed instrument [musette] ), clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns (also 1 cornet, 1 flugerlhorn), trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, harp, harpsichord (also electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, piano), accordion, violin, second violin, viola, 2 cellos (also 1 recorder), double bass (also electric bass guitar)
Premiere information
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Date:
16 October 2002
Location:Suisse, Genève
Performers:David Bennent : acteur, Georg Nigl : baryton, l'Ensemble Modern, le Chœur de chambre allemand, direction : Franck Ollu, Heiner Goebbels : mise en scène, Klaus Grünberg : lumière, scénographie, Florence von Gerkan : costumes, Stephan Buchberger : assistant mise en scène, Hubert Machnik : collaboration musicale, Norbert Ommer : son.
Observations
- Enregistrement : cd ECM New Series 1811, enregistré au Festival d'Automne, Paris, 2004.
- Version longue, 2006.