The Knot Garden

Komponist: Sir Michael Tippett
Librettist: Sir Michael Tippett
Deutsche Textfassung: Claus H. Henneberg

(Der Irrgarten)

opera in three acts
text by the composer
German translation by Claus H. Henneberg

Widmung: to Sir David Webster of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Uraufführung: 2. Dezember 1970 London, Royal Opera House (UK) · Dirigent: Sir Colin Davis · Inszenierung: Sir Peter Hall
Orchesterbesetzung: 2(both pic).1.ca.2(1.Ebcl,2.bcl).1.cbsn-4.2.3.1-timp.3perc(glsp, xyl, vib, metal bar or heavy triangle, tam-t, cym, sus cym, s.d, ten d, b.d, jazz kit, wdbl, tempbl, tamb, casts, whip, clav, small rattle)-hp.cel.pno.egtr/ehpd-str
Personenbesetzung: Faber, a civil engineer aged about 35 · robust baritone - Thea, his wife; a gardener · dramatic mezzo - Flora, their ward, an adolescent girl · light high soprano - Denise, Thea's sister; a dedicated Freedom-fighter · dramatic soprano - Mel, a black writer in his late twenties · lyric bass baritone - Dov, his white friend; a musician · lyric tenor - Mangus, an analyst · high tenor baritone
Verlag: Schott Music Ltd., London
Aufführungsdauer: 80' 0''
Kompositionsjahr: 1966/1970
Ausgabe: Orchestermaterial
Sprache: englisch - deutsch
Aufführungsmaterial - leihweise