Wolfgang Rihm (1952-2024)

Penthesilea Monolog (2005)

for dramatic soprano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2005
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Universal Edition
    • Commission: pèlerinages Kunstfest Weimar
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Heinrich von Kleist

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo soprano
  • 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 A clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets [en ut] , 3 trombones, bass tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 August 2005
    Location:

    Allemagne, Weimar


    Performers:

    Gabriele Schnaut : soprano, Orchestre symphonique de la MDR, direction : Dennis Russell Davies.