Music Theatre since 1990 - Schott Music
Music Theatre since 1990 - Schott Music
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Hans Werner Henze<br />
The Bassarids<br />
<strong>Music</strong> drama in one act by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman<br />
Language: English | German<br />
Origin: 1964-65, 1992 (revised version)<br />
1994<br />
Cast: Autonoe, Sister of Agaue · coloratura soprano – Agaue, Daughter of Cadmos and Mother<br />
of Pentheus · dramatic mezzo soprano – Beroe, an Old Slave · alto – Dionysus, also Voice and<br />
Stranger · tenor – Teiresias, an Old and Blind Seer · tenor – Pentheus, King of Thebes · baritone –<br />
Captain of the King’s Guard · lyric baritone – Cadmos, Grandfather of Pentheus · bass – Young<br />
Woman, Slave in the Household of Agaue · silent role – Child, her Daughter · silent role – Bassarids<br />
(furies and bacchants), Citizens of Thebes · chorus – Guardsmen, Servants · silent roles<br />
Orchestra: Revidierte Fassung 1992: 4 (2. mit B-Fuß, 3. auch Picc., 4. auch Altfl. u. Picc.) · 2 · 2<br />
Engl. Hr. · 4 (3., 4. auch Altsax., 4. auch Piccoloklar.) · Bassklar. (auch Altsax. u. Tenorsax.) ·<br />
4 (4. auch Kfg.) – 6 · 4 (4. auch Baßtrp.) · 3 · 2 – P. S. (3 Kuhgl. · kl. Trgl. · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar<br />
· 3 Tamt. · kl. Tr. · Mil. Tr. [mit und ohne Schnarrs.] · 3 Tomt. · 3 Bong. · Holztr. · gr. Tr. [mit<br />
oder ohne Beck.] · Mar. · Peitsche · Ratsche · Metallbl. · Glspl. · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimb. · Fingerzimb.<br />
· Röhrengl.) (8 Spieler) – 2 Hfn. · Cel. · 2 Klav. – Str.<br />
On stage: 4 Hr. (may also be replaced by trumpets form the orchestra) · 2 Git. · 2 Mand. ·<br />
3 Kuhgl.<br />
Duration: 120‘<br />
Study score ED 9411 · Vocal score (D/E) ED 8121 · Libretto (G) BN 3348-00 · Libretto (E) BN<br />
3349-90 · Performance material on hire<br />
Performance material on hire<br />
Remarks: The 20minute intermezzo The Judgement of Caliope was cut in the 1992 version but<br />
may be performed within The Bassarids. A reduced orchestral setting is available.<br />
Selected Productions<br />
20.02.1994 Staatsoper Hamburg<br />
Markus Stenz · Christine Mielitz · Gottfried Pilz<br />
13.02.1999 Teatro Real Madrid<br />
Arturo Tamayo · Gerd Heinz · Rudolf Rischer · Jutta Harnisch<br />
14.12.2005 De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam<br />
Ingo Metzmacher · Peter Stein · Moidele Bickel<br />
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