- General information
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Composition date:
1973
- Duration: 2 h 25 mn
- Publisher: Faber Music
- Opus: 88
- Dedication: 'To Peter'
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Libretto (details, author):
Myfanwy Piper d’après la nouvelle de Thomas Mann
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Composition date:
1973
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 1 solo countertenor [the voice of Apollo] , 1 solo tenor [Gustav von Aschenbach] , 1 solo bass-baritone [the traveller/multiple role]
- 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 1 bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 tuba, 5 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 harp, 1 piano, 6 violins, 4 second violins, 4 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses [cordes minimum]
Premiere information
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Date:
16 June 1973
Location:Angleterre, Oxford, Aldeburgh Festival
Performers:English Opera Group, Peter Pears : ténor, John Shirley-Quirk : baryton, James Bowman : haute-contre, danseurs du Royal Ballet, enfants du Royal Ballet School, English Chamber Orchestra, direction : Steuart Bedford.