Philippe Hersant (1948)

Tristia (2015)

choral opera for mixed choir and a few instruments


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2015
    • Duration: 1 h 15 mn
    • Publisher: Durand
    • Commission: Opéra de Perm
    • Dedication: à Teodor Currentzis & MusicAeterna
    • Libretto (details, author):

      sur des textes de Mandelstam, Chalamov, de détenus russes et de détenus de la Centrale de Clairvaux

Detailed formation
  • mixed choir
  • flute, duduk, bassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, accordion, violin, cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 June 2016
    Location:

    Russie, Perm, Festival Diaghilev