general information

composition date
1952-1953
duration
2h 10 min
editor
Universal Edition, Tesin
Opus
144
Libretto (details, author)

Ernst Krenek

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
3 solo baritones [Meton ; Nauarchos ; Brasidas], 5 solo tenors [Alkibiades ; Meletos ; Senator (ténor ou baryton) ; Lysander ; Ktesippos], 2 solo sopranos [Althaea ; Timaea], solo bass-baritone [Sokrates], solo mezzo-soprano [Pallas Athene]

percussionist, 2 clarinets, 2 trumpets, piano, 2 flutes, 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trombones, timpani, harp

information about the creation

date
October 17, 1955

Allemagne, Hamburg, Hamburgische Staatsoper

interpreters

Leopold Ludwig : direction, Günther Rennert : producteur, Alfred Siercke : mise en scène et costumes, Margarete Ast : Pallas Athene, James Pease : Sokrates, Heinz Sauerbaum : Alkibiades, Helmut Melchert : Meletos, Hermann Prey : Meton, Helga Pilarczyk : Althaea, Karl Otto : Nauarchos, Adolf Meyer-Bremen : Senator, Arnold ven Mill : Agis.


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