general information

composition date
1928-1929
duration
2h
editor
Universal Edition, Tesin
Opus
60
Libretto (details, author)

Ernst Krenek

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
2 solo sopranos [Elektra ; Thamar], 2 solo tenors [Agamemnon ; Aegisth], 5 solo baritones [Orest ; King Thoas ; Aristobulos ; Ein Ausrufer ; Ein Hirt ], solo mezzo-soprano [Iphigenie], 2 solo contraltos [Klytaemnestra ; Anastasia]

2 flutes, 2 bassoons, 3 trumpets, 3 oboes, 2 trombones, banjo, percussionist, piano, 2 horns, tuba, pump organ, 3 clarinets

information about the creation

date
January 19, 1930

Allemagne, Liepzig, Neues Theater

interpreters

Gustav Brecher : direction, Walther Brüggmann : producteur, Oskar Strnad : mise en scène, Ernst Neubert : Agamemnon, Lötte Dorwald : Klytaemnestra, Marga Dannenbeg : Elektra, Ilse Koegel : Iphigenie, Karl August Neumann : Orest, Paul Beinert : Aegisth, G. Wentscher-Lehmann : Anastasia, Erst Oberkamp : King Thoas, Elisabeth Berö : Thomar, Adolf Vogel : Aristobulos.


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