general information

composition date
1971
duration
1h 30 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
à la Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation et son président Morris Cafritz
Opus
38
Commission
Opera Society of Washington
Libretto (details, author)

livret en espagnol de William Shand et Alberto Girri, d’après Les Cenci de Stendhal et Les Cenci d’Antonin Artaud

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 narrators, solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, 2 solo tenors, 2 solo baritones, 3 solo bass voices

timpani, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, celesta, mandolin, organ

information about the creation

date
September 10, 1971

États-Unis, Washington DC

interpreters

Julius Rudel : direction musicale, Gerald Freedman : mise en scène, Theoni Aldredge : costumes, John Conklin : décors  ; décors, Joyce Trisler : chorégraphie.


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