Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

Libretto by the composer, with the co-operation of Kerstin Schüssler-Bach (G)

2S,CT,2T,Bar,BBar; mixed chorus;
3(II=picc,III=afl).2(II=corA).3(II=Ebcl,III=bcl).2(II=dbn)-4.3.2.btrbn.1-perc(4):I+II=xyl/vib/glsp/tub.chime/waterphone/cym(med)/pair of cyms(lg)/2tam-t(med,lg)/mark tree/sistrum/flex/tgl/tamb/whip/guiro/sand box/maracas/4gong; III+IV=crot/bass marimba/3timp/dobaci(lg)/cym(lg)/pair of cyms/tamb(sm)/tgl/guiro/BD/SD(lg)/3tom-t/thunder sheet(lg)-harp-pft(=cel)-accordion-strings;
on-stage: accordion-db

Unsuk Chin drew inspiration for her second opera from the life and work of the legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli and his relationship with the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Faustian material for the 21st century.

Dramatic