Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Life with an Idiot (1991)
opera in two acts
[La Vie avec un idiot]
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1991
- Publisher: Hans Sikorski
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Libretto (details, author):
Livret de Viktor Yerofeyev d'après sa nouvelle. Version allemande de Jörg Morgener, version anglaise de Andrew Reynolds et Anthony Legge.
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Composition date:
1991
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 2 sopranos, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, solo bass voice
- unspecified choir, flute (also piccolo, alto flute), oboe (also English horn), clarinet (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), bassoon (also contrabassoon), horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, celesta, piano, harpsichord, organ, 5 violins, 5 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 5 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
13 April 1992
Location:Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera
Performers:Orchestre Philharmonique de Rotterdam, Mstislav Rostropovitch, direction, Boris Pokrovsky, mise en scène.