Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (1916-1983)
Beatrix Cenci (1971)
opera in two acts and fourteen tableaux
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1971
- Duration: 1 h 30 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 38
- Commission: Opera Society of Washington
- Dedication: à la Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation et son président Morris Cafritz
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Libretto (details, author):
livret en espagnol de William Shand et Alberto Girri, d’après Les Cenci de Stendhal et Les Cenci d’Antonin Artaud
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Composition date:
1971
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, 2 solo tenors, 2 solo baritones, 3 solo bass voices, 2 narrators
- women's choir
- 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, timpani, timpani, 3 percussionists, mandolin, harp, celesta, organ, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
10 September 1971
Location:États-Unis, Washington DC
Performers:Julius Rudel : direction musicale, Gerald Freedman : mise en scène, Theoni Aldredge : costumes, John Conklin : décors ; décors, Joyce Trisler : chorégraphie.