general information

composition date

2002-2003

duration

2h 30 min

editor

Universal Edition, Tesin

Commission

Festival de Bregenz

Libretto (details, author)

Livret du Georg Friedrich Haas d’après ‘Ein Landarzt’ de Franz Kafka et ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ d’Edgar Allan Poe

type

detailed formation

Soloist

solo baritone [le prisonnier], solo bass voice [le médecin/la 2e bougie blanche], solo soprano [Julia/Baucis/la soeur/Rosa Luxemburg II/la 1e bougie blanche], solo mezzo-soprano [Rosa/la mère/Rosa Luxemburg III/la 2e bougie blanche], actress [Rosa Luxemburg/Lorenzina/la 3e bougie blanche], solo countertenor [Romeo/Philemon/le garçon malade/la 4e bougie blanche], solo tenor [le palefrenier/le vieil homme/la 5e bougie blanche], actor [l amant/la 6e bougie blanche], solo baritone [le prisonnier], solo bass voice [le médecin/la 2e bougie blanche], solo soprano [Julia/Baucis/la soeur/Rosa Luxemburg II/la 1e bougie blanche], solo mezzo-soprano [Rosa/la mère/Rosa Luxemburg III/la 2e bougie blanche], actress [Rosa Luxemburg/Lorenzina/la 3e bougie blanche], solo countertenor [Romeo/Philemon/le garçon malade/la 4e bougie blanche], solo tenor [le palefrenier/le vieil homme/la 5e bougie blanche], actor [l amant/la 6e bougie blanche]

saxophone, 5 sopranos (also 5 contraltos, 4 tenors, 4 bass voices), 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, harp, accordion, celesta, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas, 7 cellos [dont 5 figurants], 4 double basses [dont 3 figurants], 5 sopranos (also 5 contraltos, 4 tenors, 4 bass voices), 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, saxophone, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, harp, accordion, celesta, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas, 7 cellos [dont 5 figurants], 4 double basses [dont 3 figurants]

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