Peter Eötvös (1944-2024)

Love and other Demons (2007)

opera in two acts

electronic work
stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2007
    • Publisher: Schott
    • Commission: Festivalopera Glyndebourne
    • Libretto (details, author):

      livret de Kornél Hamvai basé sur la nouvelle Of Love and Other Demons de Gabriel García Márquez

Detailed formation
  • soloist: 8 unspecified voices
  • women's choir(8 unspecified female voice)
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, soprano saxophone (also alto saxophone, baritone saxophone), 2 percussionists, harp, celesta, 6 violins, 6 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 10 August 2008
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Glyndebourne, festival


    Performers:

    Marisol Montalvo : Sierva Mariá, Robert Brubaker : Don Ygnacio, Nathan Gunn : Father Delaura, John Graham-Hall : Abrenuncio, mise en scène : Silviu Purcarete, direction musicale : Vladimir Jurovsky.

Information on the electronics
Electronic device: dispositif électronique non spécifié