Benoît Mernier (1964)

Frühlings Erwachen (2014)

opera based on the homonymous piece by Frank Wedekind, version for chamber orchestra (16 instruments)


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2014
    • Duration: 2 h 30 mn
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Jacques De Decker. Basé sur la pièce éponyme de Frank Wedekind.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: 12 singing voices
  • unspecified choir à 3 voix
  • flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussionist, piano, 3 violins, 2 violas, cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 30 January 2015
    Location:

    Belgique, Gand, Minard Schouwburg


    Performers:

    Ensemble Spectra ; Filip Rathé, direction ; Guy Joosten, mise en scène