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Sleepless

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Sleepless
Foreign language / English title
Sleepless
Subtitle
Opera Ballad in two acts
Year of composition
2020
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., 2 T., Ms., Ca., B., 2 Bar., lyric Bar., double vocal trio (S-Ms-A), male vocal group (3 T., 2 Bar., B.) - 2 fl. II anche picc., fl.a.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 3 cor., 2 tr., trb.a., trb. with quart-valvel - perc. (2 esec.: campli,m crot., vibr., marimba, camp., gong, 3 trg., ptti. á 2, 2 ptti.sosp., ptto. china, 2 tam-tam, Indian ankle bells, tom-tom, gr.c., cmpc.) - arpa - strings: 10 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 6 vlc., 3 cb.
Duration
95 min
Text
MEZEI, Mari; FOSSE, Jon
Language
English
Commissioned by
Staatsoper Berlin, Grand Théâtre Genève
Premiere information
28 November 2021, Staatsoper Unter der Linden, Berlin; Victoria Randem (S.), Linard Vrielink (T.), Katharina Kammerloher (Ms.), Hanna Schwarz (Ca.), Sarah Defrise (S.), Jan Martiník (B.), Tómas Tómasson (Bar.), Roman Trekel (Bar.), Siyabonga Maqungo (T.), Arttu Kataja (Bar.), Samantha Britt, Alexandra Ionis, Rowan Hellier, Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir, Kirsten-Josefine Grützmacher, Alexandra Yangel, Matthew Peña, Sotiris Charalampous, Fermin Basterra, Jaka Mihelač, Rory Green, Jonas Böhm, Staatskapelle Berlin, Péter Eötvös (cond.)

12 April 2022, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, MÜPA - Palace of Arts, Budapest; Victoria Randem (S.), Linard Vrielink (T.), Katharina Kammerloher (Ms.), Hanna Schwarz (Ca.), Sarah Defrise (S.), Jan Martiník (B.), Tómas Tómasson (Bar.), Roman Trekel (Bar.), Siyabonga Maqungo (T.), Arttu Kataja (Bar.), Samantha Britt, Alexandra Ionis, Rowan Hellier, Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir, Kirsten-Josefine Grützmacher, Alexandra Yangel, Matthew Peña, Sotiris Charalampous, Fermin Basterra, Jaka Mihelač, Rory Green, Jonas Böhm, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
MS
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 2018 - 2020

Libretto by Mari Mezei, based on Jon Fosse´s "Trilogy"

English translation by Judith Sollosy

Premiere directed by Kornél Mundruczó

Sleepless has been chosen by Opernwelt Magazine as the world premiere of the year 2021.