Schnittke, Alfred: Life with an Idiot (1992) 110'
opera in two acts
Music Text
libretto by Viktor Yerofeyev (R)
Scoring
S,T,2Bar,B-Chorus of Friends, Chorus of Idiots, Chorus of Homosexuals, Chorus of Informers 1.1.1.1-1.1.1.1-timp.perc(4)-clav(=cemb/org/cel)-strings(5.5.4.4.5) 8 additional windplayers in second picture (orchestral wind section) This work is represented by Boosey & Hawkes in the UK, British Commonwealth (excluding Canada) and the Republic of Ireland
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
4/13/1992
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam
Boris A Pokrovsky, dir/Ilja Kabakow, prod/Jean Kalman, lighting engineer / Netherlands Opera/Rotterdam PhilharmonicOrchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich
Recommended Recording
Dale Duesing, Romain Bischkoff, Teresa Ringholz, Howard Haskin, Leonid Zimnenko, Robin Leggate, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
Sony CD52495
opera in two acts
Music Text
libretto by Viktor Yerofeyev (R)
Scoring
S,T,2Bar,B-Chorus of Friends, Chorus of Idiots, Chorus of Homosexuals, Chorus of Informers 1.1.1.1-1.1.1.1-timp.perc(4)-clav(=cemb/org/cel)-strings(5.5.4.4.5) 8 additional windplayers in second picture (orchestral wind section) This work is represented by Boosey & Hawkes in the UK, British Commonwealth (excluding Canada) and the Republic of Ireland
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
4/13/1992
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam
Boris A Pokrovsky, dir/Ilja Kabakow, prod/Jean Kalman, lighting engineer / Netherlands Opera/Rotterdam PhilharmonicOrchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich
Recommended Recording
Dale Duesing, Romain Bischkoff, Teresa Ringholz, Howard Haskin, Leonid Zimnenko, Robin Leggate, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
Sony CD52495
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