general information

composition date
1962
duration
2h 30min
publisher
Schott , ED 9413
Libretto (details, author)

Graf Carlo Gozzi d'après Heinz von Cramer

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
3 solo tenors, 3 solo sopranos, 3 solo mezzo-sopranos, solo baritone, other type of non-musician soloist [clowns chanteurs, danseurs, comédiens (nombre non précisé)], soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos, tenor, bass voice

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 5 horns [dont 2 derrière la scène], 8 trumpets [dont 3 en do sur scène et 3 en do derrrière la scène], 2 trombones, percussionist, snare drum (also glockenspiel, triangle, vibraphone [sur la scène]), 10 bells (also tubular bells [derrière la scène]), harp, mandolin [sur la scène], celesta, 2 harpsichords [dont 1 derrière la scène], piano, organ [ad lib. dans l orchestre,], pump organ [derrière la scène], strings

information about the creation

date
March 10, 1963
location

Staatstheater Kassel

interpreters

direction : Hans Werner Henze, mise en scène : Hans Hartleb, décors et costumes : Ekkehard Grüber


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