general information

composition date
1995-1998
duration
1h 15 min
editor
Universal Edition, Tesin
Commission
Festival de Bregenz, Autriche
Libretto (details, author)

Livret du compositeur d’après des textes de Friedrich Hölderlin : ‘Hypérion’, ‘La Mort d’Empédocle’, ‘Oedipe de Sophocle’, ‘lettres’

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, solo tenor, solo baritone, solo bass voice, male narrator

second violin, flute (also piccolo, alto flute, bass flute), 2 clarinets (also 2 A clarinets, 2 bass clarinets), bassoon (also contrabassoon), 3 trombones, 2 tubas, 4 percussionists, accordion, violin, viola, 4 cellos, 3 double basses

information about the creation

date
August 7, 1996
Autriche, Bregenz
interpreters
Julie Moffat (soprano), Waltraut Mucher (mezzo-soprano), Helmut Wildhaber (ténor), Michael Volle (baryton), Johannes Schmidt (basse), Matteo de Monti (orateur) et le Klangforum Wien, sous la direction de Peter Rundel. La version définitive a été créée le 7 août 1998 à Bregenz par Julie Moffat (soprano), Annette Stricker (mezzo-soprano), Martyn Hill (ténor), Johannes Schmidt (baryton), Wolfgang Bankl (baryton), Georg Nigl (orateur), et le Klangforum Wien, sous la direction de Peter Rundel (mise en scène Philippe Arlaud).

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Same type
Created the same year
Composed the same year
Same detailed formation

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