Olga Neuwirth (1968)
The Outcast [Hommage à Herman Melville] (2009 -2011)
theater music for five soloists, actors, children's choir, men's choir, orchestra, electric guitar, accordion and samplers
electronic work
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
2009 - 2011
- Publisher: Ricordi, Munich, nº Sy. 4117
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Libretto (details, author):
Barry Gifford d'après Moby Dick d'Herman Melville.
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Composition date:
2009 - 2011
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: soprano [Ishmaela] , actor [Old Melville] , baritone [Ahab] , actor [Father Mapple] , countertenor [Queequeg ] , unspecified male voice [Bartleby, chansonnier] , tenor [Starbuck ] , baritone [baryton bouffe, Stubb ] , soprano [boy, Pip] , actor [Ship's Carpenter]
- children's choir à 24 voix [de garçons] , men's choir(8 tenor, 8 baritone, 8 solo bass voice), 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, electric guitar, accordion, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, 2 percussionists, 8 violins, 8 second violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
25 May 2012
Location:Allemagne, Mannheim, Opéra.