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Fin de partie / Endgame

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Fin de partie / A játszma vége
Foreign language / English title
Fin de partie / Endgame
Subtitle
Scènes et monologues, opéra en un acte / Scenes and monologues, opera in one act
Dedication
"...á la mémoire de mon professeur Ferenc Farkas et de mon ami Tamás Blum, qui, dans ma jeunesse, m´ont appris l´essentiel sur l´opera"
Year of composition
2017
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
B.Bar., Bar., Ms., T. buffo - picc., 2 fl., fl.a., fl.b., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl. (anche cl. in Eb), cl.b., 2 fg., cfg. - 2 cor., 2 tr. (anche flic.), 2 trb., tuba - 4 timp., perc. (6 esec.: vibr., xil., tmb.picc.c.c., 3 bongo, 3 tom-tom, tambourine, gr.c., steel drum, 3 ptti.sosp., tam-tam, maracas, flex., raganella, 2 trg., frusta, 3 chinese gong, 2 gong, 2 camp., temple bl.) - cimb., arpa, cel., pnino, pf., 2 acc. - strings: 10 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 8 vlc., 6 cb. (I-III with 5 strings)
Duration
125 min
Text
BECKETT, Samuel; KURTÁG, György;
Language
French / English
Commissioned by
Teatro alla Scala
Premiere information
15 November 2018, Teatro alla Scala, Milano; Frode Olsen (Hamm), Leigh Melrose (Clov), Hilary Summers (Nell), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Nagg), Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Markus Stenz (cond.), Production of Teatro alla Scala in co-production with Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, directed by Pierre Audi

18 February 2016, Celebrations Concert for the 90th Birhtday of György Kurtág, Budapest Music Center, Budapest; Hilary Summers (A.), Arnaud Arbet (pf.) (Parts of the Opera)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, EMB 15097 (Hire material)
Available here!
Recordings
Live boradcast of the premiere, RAI-Radio 3
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2010 - 2017
(Saint André de Cubrac: 2010 - 2015
BMC [Budapest Music Center]: 2015 - 2017)

" Based on the play "Fin de partie" by Samuel Beckett