general information

composition date
1962
editor
Bärenreiter
Opus
186
Commission
Hamburg Staatsoper
Libretto (details, author)

Ernst Krenek

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
5 solo baritones [Athamas ; Phineus ; Melachron ; Jason ; Chattahoochie], speaking voice [nombre non spécifié], solo soprano [Nephele], 3 solo tenors [Phrixos ; Chairosthenes ; Pelias], 4 solo mezzo-sopranos [Ino ; Medea ; Glaukis ; Abisorontas]

celesta, percussionist, 2 clarinets, 3 trumpets, harp, electric guitar, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trombones, 2 horns, piano, timpani, 2 bassoons

information about the creation

date
June 16, 1964

Allemagne, Hambourg, Staatsoper

interpreters

Ernst Krenek : direction, Egon Monk : production, Alfred Siercke : mise en scène, Tom Krause : Jason, Helga Pilarczyk : Medea, Helmut Melchert : Pelias, Toni Blankenhein : Chattahoochie, Elisabeth Steiner : Glaukis, Ria Urban : Abisorontas, Ilse Hollweg : Nephele, Vladimir Ruzdak : Athamas, Cvetka Ahlin : Ino, Jürgen Förster : Phrixos, Anneliese Gerike : Helle, Kurt Marschner Harwig : Melachron.


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