Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Christophe Colomb (1928)

opera in two acts and twenty-seven tableaux, for solo voice, mixed choir and orchestra


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1928
    • Publisher: Universal Edition
    • Opus: 102
    • Dedication: Manuel de Falla
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Texte de Paul Claudel.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: unspecified soloist voice
  • mixed choir, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, drum kit, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 5 May 1930
    Location:

    Allemagne, Opéra de Berlin


    Performers:

    E. Kleiber, direction.