general information

composition date

2008

duration

1h 40 min

editor

Schott

Commission

Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie

Libretto (details, author)

Livret de Eugène Green d'après La Mère coupable de Beaumarchais.

type

detailed formation

Soloist

soprano [Florestine], soprano [Suzanne], viola [Comtesse], tenor [Léon], baritone [Béjard], solo bass voice [Comte], solo bass voice [Figaro], viola [voix off 1], tenor [voix off 2], actor [homme masqué]

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, timpani (also other percussion), cello - early instruments [basse continue], harpsichord [basse continue], strings

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