general information

composition date

2009-2011

editor

Ricordi

Libretto (details, author)

Barry Gifford d'après Moby Dick d'Herman Melville.

type

detailed formation

Soloist

soprano [Ishmaela], actor [Old Melville], baritone [Ahab], actor [Father Mapple], countertenor [Queequeg ], unspecified male voice [Bartleby, chansonnier], tenor [Starbuck ], baritone [baryton bouffe, Stubb ], soprano [boy, Pip], actor [Ship's Carpenter], 8 solo bass voices

2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, electric guitar, accordion, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, 2 percussionists, 8 violins, 8 second violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses, 8 tenors (also 8 baritones, 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon)

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