Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)

Arie (1978)

for voice and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1978
    • Duration: 23 mn
    • Publisher: Ricordi, Milan, nº 132822
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Omar Khayyam, Renato Maestri, Fray Luis de León, Tiziana Fumagalli, Hafiz

Detailed formation
  • soloist: unspecified solo female voice
  • 4 flutes, 4 oboes, 4 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 5 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, glockenspiel, vibraphone, 2 harp, celesta, piano, 28 violins, 9 violas, 9 cellos, 6 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 15 March 1980
    Location:

    Italie, Rome


    Performers:

    Dorothy Dorow, orchestre de la RAI de Rome, direction : Gianluigi Gelmetti.