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general information

composition date: 2003
duration: 1h 20 min
editor: Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee: à Sue Knudsen (In Memoriam) et Anthony Fogg
Commission: Boston Symphony Orchestra, avec des fonds provenant de Patricia Plum Wylde, Catherine et Paul Buttenwieser, le fonds Omar del Carlo Tanglewood, et Saville Ryan Marsh
Libretto (details, author): David Henry Hwang.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist: contralto, tenor, baritone, soprano, soprano

3 percussionists, strings, 3 sopranos (also 3 mezzo-sopranos), 3 flutes (also alto flute, piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, trombone, 2 trumpets, 2 guitars, harp, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer

information about the creation

date: August 10, 2003
: États-Unis, Tanglewood festival of Contemporary Music
interpreters: Dawn Upshaw : soprano, Kelley O'Connor : alto, Amanda Forsythe : soprano, Charles Blandy : ténor, chanteur de flamenco, Shannon De Vine : baryton, chanteurs du Tanglewood Music Center, mise en scène : Chay Yew.

observations

Enregistrement disponible chez Deutsche Grammophon (2006).

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