La vera storia

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Stage work

La vera storia

Azione musicale in 2 parti

Year of composition:

1977 - 1980

Year composition ended:

1980

Text:

Italo Calvino, Luciano Berio

Language:

Italian

Scored for:

soloists, actors, choir and orchestra

Cast:

Leonora, soprano
Luca, tenor
Ada, mezzo-soprano
Ivo, baritone
Comandante, baritone
Il Condannato, bass
Ugo, tenor
Prete, tenor
Storyteller (at least 2)
3 Actors as passers-by
Passer-by, soprano
Vocal ensemble (2 2 2 2)
3 Voices in the street
Mimes
Dancers
Acrobats

Duration:

120'

Annotations:

Choir: SATB (at least 60 singers)
Instrumentation: 4 3 4 3 - 3 3 3 1 - 3 perc, hp, keyb, 2 pno, alto sax, t.sax, str. Stage music: acc, bells, vln (solo), pianola, guit, bass guit. Banda: 3 0 3 0 - 3 3 2 1 - perc, alto sax, t.sax, t.hrn, bar

First performance:

09/03/1982, Milan. Oslavio di Credico, Giancarlo Luccardi, Daisy Lumini, Alexandrina Milcheva, Milva, Marianna Nicolescu, Alberto Noli, Roeloff Oostwoud, Gabriella Ravazzi; New Swingle Singers, Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Filarmonica della Scala, Luciano Berio; Maurizio Scaparro (stage director)

Publisher:

Universal Edition

Edition number:

30242

Program notes:

Author's note: Italian

Author's note: English