Alexander Zemlinsky
Eine florentinische Tragödie
Short instrumentation: 1 1 3 1 - 2 1 1 0 - timp, perc(2), cel, pno, str
Duration: 60'
Dichter der Textvorlage: Oscar Wilde
Bearbeitet von: Roland Freisitzer
Libretto von: Max Meyerfeld
Roles:
Guido Bardi
Tenor Simone
Bariton Bianca
Sopran
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc)
oboe (+c.a)
1st clarinet in Bb (+cl(A))
2nd clarinet in Bb (+cl(A)): bass clarinet in Bb
bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
trumpet in C
trombone
timpani
percussion(2)
piano
celesta
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass (solo strings or string section)
Zemlinsky - Eine florentinische Tragödie for soli and ensemble or chamber orchestra
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Alexander Zemlinsky
Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie - op. 16Orchestration: für Soli und Ensemble oder Kammerorchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Alexander Zemlinsky
Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie - op. 16Orchestration: für Soli und Ensemble oder Kammerorchester
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
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Work introduction
In keeping with the chamber drama character of the material, Roland Freisitzer has also arranged a chamber version of the opera. This chamber version makes do with just 20 instruments (optionally with string sections). Such a radical reduction of the orchestra called for significant alterations to the work so that, by changing and re-weighting the instrumentation, the absence of certain instruments in the score is not seen as a shortcoming but rather as a means of bringing Zemlinsky’s superb harmonic ideas to the fore once again. All of which makes for riveting chamber music theatre!