Georges Aperghis (1945)

Pandaemonium (1973)

opera for voice, four actors and seven instrumentalists


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1973
    • Duration: 1 h 35 mn
    • Publisher: Salabert, Paris, nº EAS 17785
    • Libretto (details, author):

      livret de Georges Aperghis

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 4 solo sopranos, 4 solo baritones, 4 actors
  • 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 percussionists, piano (also harpsichord, electric organ), cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 July 1973
    Location:

    France, Avignon, Festival


    Performers:

    Irène Jarsky, Bernadette Val, Martine Viard, Nicole Oxombre : sopranos, Luis Masson, Jean Boulay, Bernard Mazo, Paul Guigue : barytons, Edith Scob, Claire Moget, Marie-Thérèse Cahn, Marcel Bozonnet : comédiens, Renaud François : flûte, Jacques Di Donato et Jacques Nouredine : clarinette, Alain Meunier : violoncelle, Claude Lavoix : orgue, piano, clavecin, Jean-François Jenny Clark : contrebasse, Bernard Balet : percussion, Vincent Bauer : percussion, direction : Daniel Chabrun.