- General information
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Composition date:
1968 - 1969
- Duration: 1 h 25 mn
- Publisher: Bärenreiter
- Opus: 206
- Commission: Staatsoper Hamburg
- Dedication: à Rolf Liebermann
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Libretto (details, author):
Ernst Krenek
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Composition date:
1968 - 1969
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloists: solo soprano [Sardakai] , solo bass voice [Urumuru] , solo baritone [Dr. Adriano] , 2 solo mezzo-sopranos [Aminta ; Heloise] , solo tenor [Carlo]
- flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, timpani, percussionist, electric guitar, harp, celesta, 2 pianos, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
27 June 1970
Location:Allemagne, Hamburg, Hamburgische Staatsoper
Performers:le Philharmonisches Staatsorchester, direction : Ernst Krenek, mise en scène : Leopold Lindtberg, Rudolf Heinrich : décors, Hans-Ulrich Hettinger : costumes, Jeanette Scovotti : Sardakai, Raymond Wolansky : Urumuru, Toni Blankenheim : Dr. Adriano, Cvetka Ahlin : Aminta, Horst Wilhelm : Carlo Murbruner, Elisabeth Steiner : Heloise.