general information

composition date
2002-2007
duration
3h 40 min
editor
Ricordi
Commission
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Casa da Música, coproduction Ircam-Centre Pompidou.
Libretto (details, author)

Emmanuel Nunes d’après Das Märchen de Goethe

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
6 sopranos, 6 contraltos, 6 tenors, 6 bass voices, 5 actors

4 flutes (also 4 piccolos, 4 alto flutes), 6 percussionists, 2 harp, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, 9 violins, 6 second violins, 9 violas, 7 cellos, 9 double basses, contrabass clarinet (also bass clarinet), 2 contrabassoons, piccolo trumpet, bass trombone, 4 oboes (also 2 English horns), 4 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, A clarinet, 2 bass clarinets), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, euphonium

information about the creation

date
January 25, 2008
Portugal, Opéra de Lisbonne, Teatro National de São Carlos
interpreters

Peter Rundel : direction, Karoline Gruber : mise en scène, avec : Silja Schindler, Chelsey Schill, Graciela Araya, Andrew Watts, Musa Duke Nkuna, Philip Sheffield, Matthias Hoelle, Dieter Schweikart, Luís Rodrigues (chanteurs), Joana Barrios, Anna Katharina Rusche, Beate-Christa Kopp, Tilo Wagner, Richard Jaeckle (acteurs), Remix Ensemble, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, Coro do Teatro Nacional de São Carlos dirigé par Giovanni Andreoli, Roy Spahn : décors, Amanda Miller : chorégraphie.

Information on the electronics

Studio information
Ircam
RIM (réalisateur(s) en informatique musicale)
Eric Daubresse
Electronic device
temps réel

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