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Outis

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Outis
Azione musicale in 2 parti
Year of composition: 
1995 - 1996
Year composition ended: 
1996
Text: 

Luciano Berio and Dario Del Corno

Scored for: 
choir, soloists and orchestra
Cast: 

Emily (S), Outis (bar), Ada (mezzo-sop), Steve (T), Marina (S), Olga (sop leggero), Samantha (sop leggero), Guglielmo (controtenore), Pedro (basso-baritono), Regista (bar), Prete e Reduce (T), Doppio di Outis (bar), Doppio di Emily (S), Suggeritore (attore), Isaac (mimo), Rudy (mimo)

Duration: 
115'
Annotations: 

Instrumentation details: 3 fl (3° also ottavino), fl in sol, oboe, cor ang (E. H.), cl picc in Eb, 3 cl in Bb, bass cl, sax quartet (sop, contr, ten, bar), bsn, ctr.bsn, 4 trp in C, 3 hrn in F, 3 trb, bass tuba, 3 percussioni (I: log drum, timpano piccolo, guiro, 2 clacksons, 4 woodblocks, 2 bongos, triangolo, flauto a coulisse, flexaton, glockenspiel, raganella; II: 4 rototoms, 2 sonagli, raganella, 2 clacksons, snare drum, frusta, flauto a coulisse, sirena, maracas; III: 3 tam tams, snare drum, 2 sonagli, triangolo, flauto a coulisse, tamburino basco, claves, grancassa (con pallini di piombo)), pno, celesta, hp, accordeon (nel IV ciclo suona sulla scena), tastiera (sampler), vln I, vln II, vla, vc, cb. Instruments on stage: trp in C, piatti and grancassa, violino piccolo, accordeon, trombone, 2 pianos.

First performance: 
05/10/1996*, Milan. Tatiana Poluektova, Alan Opie, Luisa Castellani, Luca Canonici, Monica Bacelli, Yelda Kodally, Elena Brilova, Dominique Visse, Roy Stevens, Donald Maxwell, Peter Hall, Paolo Calabresi etc. Vocal group: Swingle Singers. Players on stage: Folco Vichi, Massimiliano Murrali, Michele Lomuto, Aldo Bennici, Claudio Jacomucci. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Tempo Reale, David Robertson. (* Due to a strike, the première of Outis, originally scheduled for October 2, 1996, was rescheduled twice and finally took place on Oct. 5, 1996.)
Publisher: 
Casa Ricordi, Milan