Philippe Hersant (1948)

Wuthering Heights (2000 -2001)

two-act ballet


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2000 - 2001
    • Video, installation (detail, author): Kader Belarbi : chorégraphie
    • Duration: 1 h 45 mn
    • Publisher: Inédit
    • Commission: Opéra National de Paris
    • Libretto (details, author):

      sur un argument de Kader Belarbi et Agathe Berman, d’après les Hauts de Hurlevent d’Emily Brontë

Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also basset horn, bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 3 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, piano, harp, 12 violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses, hurdy-gurdy

Premiere information

  • Date: 26 February 2002
    Location:

    France, Paris, Palais Garnier


    Performers:

    Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris ; Vello Pähn, direction