Toshio Hosokawa (1955)

Stilles Meer (2015)

one-act, five-stage opera


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2015
    • Duration: 1 h 30 mn
    • Publisher: Schott
    • Commission: Staatsoper Hamburg.
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Livret de Hannah Dübgen d'après un texte de Oriza Hirata.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor, baritone
  • mixed choir [SATB] , 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 2 oboes (also 2 English horns), 2 clarinets (also 2 bass clarinets), bassoon, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, harp, celesta, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 24 January 2016
    Location:

    Allemagne, Hambourg, Staatsoper Hamburg


    Performers:

    Susanne Elmark, soprano ; Mihoko Fujimura, mezzosoprano ; Bejun Mehta, contre-ténor ; Viktor Rud, ténor ; Marek Gasztecki, baryton ; Kent Nagano, direction ; Oriza Hirata, mise en scène.