- General information
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Composition date:
1940
- Publisher: Universal Edition
- Opus: 90
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Libretto (details, author):
M.-C. Schulte-Strathaus et P. Funk (texte en allemand), Emmet Lavery (texte en anglais)
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Composition date:
1940
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and ensemble of up to 9 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloists: solo baritone [Marius] , solo soprano [Corinna] , 2 solo tenors [Cleon ; Der Kanzler] , solo bass voice [Der Erzbischof] , 4 speaking voices
- clarinet, trumpet, percussionist, 2 pianos, violin
Premiere information
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Date:
13 May 1941
Location:États-Unis, Poughkeepsie, NY, Vassar College, Avery Hall
Performers:Emmet Lavery et John Pierce : Marius, Juliette Harvey, Elizabeth Muir et Elinor Shutts : Corinna, Richard Brooks : Cleon, Henry Noble MacCracken : Archbishop, Nikander Strelsky : Chancellor, Charles Gordon Post : Bruno, Francis Matteson : Reporter, Clair Leonard : Tonio, Francis Matteson : Officer, Ernst Krenek : piano.