José María Sánchez-Verdú (1968)

Silence (2005)

chamber opera for voice, choir and chamber orchestra


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2005
    • Duration: 12 mn
    • Commission: Staatsoper Berlin
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Livret de Jonathan Safran Foer.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: baritone
  • unspecified choir, flute (also piccolo), clarinet (also bass clarinet), bassoon (also contrabassoon), saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 2 percussionists, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 14 September 2005
    Location:

    Allemagne, Berlin, Staatsoper


    Performers:

    Assaf Levitin : baryton, Authority, Ksenija Lukić, Anna Prohaska : sopranos, Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, Regine Jakobi : mezzo-sopranos, Sabine Neumann, Heike Wessels : contraltos, Tim Severloh : contre-ténor, Norivuki Sawabu : ténor, Meik Schwalm, Nicholas Isherwood : baryton-basses, les membres de la Staatskapelle Berlin et de l'Orchesterakademie de la Staatskapelle Berlin, direction : Max Renne, mise en scène : Juan Domínguez, figurines : Janina Audick.

Observations

Œuvre intégrée au projet Seven Attempted Escapes from Silence.