- General information
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Composition date:
1977 - 1978
- Duration: 1 h 15 mn
- Publisher: Universal Edition
- Commission: Opéra de Hambourg
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Libretto (details, author):
Michael Fröhling d'après Lenz de Georg Büchner
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Composition date:
1977 - 1978
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloists: solo baritone [Lenz] , solo bass voice [Oberlin] , solo tenor [Kaufmann] , 2 unspecified solo child voices [ou 4]
- ensemble of vocal soloists(2 solo soprano, 2 solo contralto, 2 solo bass voice)
- 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), clarinet (also bass clarinet), contrabassoon (also bassoon), trumpet [en ut] , trombone, percussionist, harpsichord, 3 cellos
Premiere information
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Date:
8 March 1979
Location:Allemagne, Hamburg
Performers:Richard Salter, Peter Haage, Ude Krekow, membre de l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Hamburg, direction : Klauspeter Seibel, mise en scène : Siegfried Schoenbohm.