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Senza sangue

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Senza sangue
Foreign language / English title
Senza sangue
Subtitle
Opera in One Part - For Two Singers and Orchestra
Dedication
Invocation to Henri Dutilleux
Year of composition
2015
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
Ms., lyric Bar. - 4 fl. (II anche fl.a., III and IV. anche picc.), 2 ob., c.ing., 3 cl. in A (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 4 tr. (IV anche flic.), 3 trb.b., tuba - timp. (1 esec.), perc. (2 esec. - I: 2 crot., ptto. china, xil., guiro, trg., 2 ptto.sosp., 2 camp., gr.c.; II: 2 ptto.sosp., tam-tam, 8 crot., 3 burma gong, trg., tamb.b., campli., maracas) - 2 arpa, cel. - strings: 12 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 8 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
50 min
Text
BARICCO, Alessandro; MEZEI, Mari
Language
Italian
Commissioned by
KölnMusuk GmbH and New York Philharmonic
Premiere information
1 May 2015, Concert "ACHT BRÜCKEN - Musik für Köln", Philharmonia Cologne, Germany; Anne Sofie von Otter (Ms.), Russell Braun (Bar.), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (cond.)

8 and 9 May 2015, Avery Fisher Hall, New York; Anne Sofie von Otter (Ms.), Russell Braun (Bar.), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (cond.)

May 15, 2016, Festival d´Avignon, Opera Grand Avignon, France; Albane Carrèr (Ms.), Romain Bockler (Bar.), Orchestre Régional Avignon-Provence, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Scenic world première, directed by Róbert Alföldi)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz © 2015, 54576
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD278, 2020 - Viktória Vizin (The Woman), Jordan Shanahan (The Man), Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2014 - 2015, revised: 2016

Libretto by Mari Mezei after the eponymous novel by Alessandro Baricco
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Péter Eötvös: Senza sangue BMC Records