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Angels in America

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Angels in America
Foreign language / English title
Angels in America
Subtitle
Opera in two parts
Year of composition
2004
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
8 singers with amplification: 2 S., Ms., Ct., T., 2 Bar., B.Bar. solo - vocal trio (sitting in the orchestral pit) - fl. (anche fl.a, picc.), cl. (anche cl.b., cl.cb.), 2 sax., (1: sax.s., sax.a., sax.bar., 2: sax.a., sax.t.) - tr. (anche tr.picc.), trb. (anche trb.b.) - perc. (2 esec. - vibr., marimba, crot., 2 ptto., ptto. china, ptto.ch., tmb.picc.c.c., tabla, cab. (little), styropor-plates, campli., gong, camp., 3 tam-tam, gr.c., 3 metal-tubes, guiro [metal], 2 trg., indian bell, tube maraca [chocalho], 2 tambourine [small, large - without jingles], whisper chimes [metal chimes with thin sticks] - chit. with amp., chit.el. with amp. - 2 keyb. - strings: 6 vl., 4 vla., 3 vlc., 2 cb.
Duration
140 min
Movements, parts
2 acts
Text
MEZEI, Mari; KUSHNER, Tony
Language
English
Commissioned by
Théâtre du Châtelet Paris
Premiere information
23 November 2004, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris; Philippe Calvario (dir.), Peter Eötvös (cond.)

10 October 2019, MÜPA - Festival Theater, Budapest; Caroline Melzer, Sophie Rennert, Inna Savchenko, Wolfgang Resch, David Adam Moore, Franz Gürtelschmied, Tim Severloh, Karl Huml, Momoko Nakajima, Johanna Zachhuber, Jorge Alberto Martinez, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Hungarian premeire)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Mainz © 2012, 54088 (Revised version)
Available here!
Recordings
DVD - Musik Theater Münster, 2019
1 min. sample
1 Scene I
2 Scene II
3 Scene III
4 Scene IV
5 Scene V
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2003 - 2004, revised: 2008/2012

Based on the play "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner, libretto by Mari Mezei

Cast:
The Angels (S.)
Harper (S.)
Hannah (Ms.)
Joe (Bar.)
Prior (Bar.)
Louis (T.)
Belize (Ct.)
Roy Cohn (B.Bar.)