general information

composition date
1943
duration
35 min
editor
Eschig, Paris
Commission
l'Opéra de Paris
Libretto (details, author)

Argument de Serge Lifar.

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Instrumental ensemble, one to a part)

detailed formation

3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets [en si bémol], 2 bassoons, 4 horns [en fa], 4 trumpets [en ut], 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, 2 harp, strings, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, timpani, celesta

information about the creation

date
April 29, 1944

France, Paris, Opéra

interpreters

Serge Lifar : guignol, Suzanne Lorcia : Guignolette, Serge Peretti : Pandore, l'orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, direction : Louis Fourestier.

observations

Part titles

1. Prélude ; 2. Parade ; 3. Pas de deux ; 4. Variation de Guinol. Danse du reproche ; 5. Pas de deux. Danse tendre ; 6. Pas de quatre ; 7. Bastonnade ; 8. Entrée du juge ; 9. Variation de Guignolette ; 10. Entrée du bourreau ; 11. Variation prémortuaire de Guignol ; 12. Marche au supplice ; 13. Exécution ; 14. Finale (a. Variation - b. rappel Parade - c. Ronde finale).


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