general information

composition date
2014
duration
1h 40 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author)

Christoph Klimke, d’après le roman The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket de Edgar Allan Poe, avec des textes originaux de Walter Benjamin et Fernando Pessoa

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
countertenor, 4 tenors, 2 baritones, 2 bass voices

piccolo (also 2 flutes, 2 recorders, bass flute, alto flute), oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet (also C clarinet, clarinet), bass clarinet (also contrabass clarinet), bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 3 percussionists, 2 harp, piano (also celesta, pump organ), electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer [sampler], strings

information about the creation

date
February 18, 2016
Allemagne, Heidelberg, Theater, Marguerre-Saal
interpreters
Johann Kresnik, mise en scène ; Theater der Stadt Heidelberg ; Elias Grandy, direction

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
échantillonneur - sampler

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