general information

composition date
2004-2005
duration
1h
editor
Breitkopf & Härtel
Commission
Münchener Biennale - Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater
Libretto (details, author)

livret du compositeur sur des textes bibliques et des textes d'Homère, San Agustín de Hipona, Publio Ovidio Nasón, Hugo de San Víctor, Jacopone da Todi et Dante Alighieri.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
soprano [Sirena / Venus], tenor [Ulises / Adonis, Monje 1º], baritone [Thamos / Monje 2º / Dante], narrator [Agustín de Hipona / Hugo de San Víctor], solo bass voice

countertenor [ou mezzo] (also tenor, baritone, flute (also piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (also bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), bassoon (also contrabassoon), saxophone, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, accordion, strings [deux quatuors à cordes], double bass

information about the creation

date
May 18, 2006

Allemagne, Munich, Mufathalle

interpreters

Simone Stock : soprano (Venus, Sirena), Daniel Johannsen : ténor (Ulises, Adonis, Monje 1º), Howard Q. Croft : baryton (Thamos, Monje 2º, Dante), Tom Sol : récitant (Tot, San Agustín de Hipona, Hugo de San Víctor), quatuor vocal (Márta Rózsa, Koichi Yoshitomi, Lisandro Abadie, Auky Kempkes), le Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, direction : Rüdiger Bohm, mise en scène : Sabrina Hölzer, scénographie et figurines : Mirella Weingarten.

Part titles

IntroducciónEscena I. Thamos y TotEscena II. La flor del lotoEscena III. Arquitecturas de la memoriaEscena IV. Jardines de AdonisEscena V. El silencio de la escritura ; Escena VI. Libro de los jardines de la escrituraCoda.


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