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Title of the work

Der Goldene Drache / The Golden Dragon

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Der Goldene Drache / Az aranysárkány
Foreign language / English title
Der Goldene Drache / The Golden Dragon
Subtitle
Musiktheater / Zenés színdarab
Year of composition
2014
Type
Stage work
Number of players
23
Instrumentation
S., Ms., 2 T., Bar. - fl. (anche fl.a., picc.), ob. (anche c.ing.), cl. in A (anche cl.s. in Es), cl.b. (anche cl. in A, cl.cb.), fg. (anche cfg.) - cor., 2 tr., trb. - perc. (2 esec. - I: 4 crot., vibr., 7 camp., gliss. gong, tam-tam, ptto.sosp., ptto.ch., tibetan ptto., ptp., chinese gr.c., conga, metal guiro, maracas, cab., claves, wood bl., wood plank (ca. 3-4cm thick), Vegetable knife, Plastic comb, Bottle (very low pitch, dull sound), 2 schnapps glasses (to be clinked); II: campli., xil., 10 crot., 2 camp., trg., ptto.sosp., ptto.ch., tibetan ptti., chinese ptto., 5 gong, burma gong, 2 chienese gliss. gong, chinese bongo, metal chimes, guiro, caxixi, claves, vibraslap, String of little bells, 5 schnapps glasses, 4 empty wine/beer bottles, Clinking of 2 beer bottles, glass chimes) - sound technicians (2 esec.) - pf., Hammond org. digital - strings: 1 or 6 vl., 1 or 4 vla., 1 or 3 vlc., cb.

(All singers and instruments should be amplified)
Duration
90 min
Text
SCHIMMELPFENNIG, Roland; EÖTVÖS, Péter
Language
German
Commissioned by
Ensemble Modern and Opera Frankfurt
Premiere information
29 June 2014, Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Kateryna Kasper (S.), Simon Bode (T.), Hans-Jürgen Lazar (T.), Holger Falk (Bar.), Hedwig Fassbender (Ms.), Ensemble Modern, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music GmbH &Co. KG, Mainz © 2014, 56955 (On hire)
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 2013 - 2014

Based on the play of the same name by Roland Schimmelpfennig, arranged by Peter Eötvös

See also a ballad from the opera:
Die lange Reise / The Long Journey