Music Theatre since 1990 - Schott Music
Music Theatre since 1990 - Schott Music
Music Theatre since 1990 - Schott Music
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Gavin Bryars<br />
Doctor Ox‘s Experiment<br />
Opera in two acts after a novella by Jules Verne<br />
Libretto by Blake Morrison<br />
Origin: 1994–1996<br />
Language: English<br />
1998<br />
Cast: Suzel · soprano – Suzanne · soprano – Aunt Hermance · mezzo soprano – Frantz · counter<br />
tenor – Fritz · counter tenor – Doctor Ox · tenor – Ygène · baritone – Van Tricasse · bass baritone<br />
– Passauf · bass – Niklausse · bass – Valentine · coloratura mezzo soprano – Raoul · tenor –<br />
chorus<br />
Orchestra: 2 (2pic).2 (1: obd‘am, 2: ca).1.bcl.1.cbn-4.flhn.0.2.btbn.0-3perc (timp., b.d., tamtam,<br />
sizz.cym.l, sus.cym., tub. bells, tuned c. b., crots., glock., vib., mar., mark tree, chinese<br />
b.tree, wind machine)-hp · ekeybd - str (6.6.5.4.3* min)<br />
* plus 1 improvising jazz player amplified and including at least one bass with a 5th string or<br />
low extension<br />
Duration: 130‘<br />
Vocal Score ED 12570 · Performance material on hire<br />
Remarks: A 25 minute concert version of the final scene, Doctor Ox‘s Experiment (Epilogue) was<br />
first performed in 1988 and is available on hire<br />
Selected Productions<br />
15.06.1998 Coliseum London · English National Opera (WP)<br />
James Holmes · Atom Egoyan · Michael Levine · Sandy Powell<br />
24.01.1999 Theater Dortmund, Opernhaus<br />
Alexander Rumpf · Pascal Paul-Harang · Heinz Balthes · José-Manuel Vazquez<br />
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