Luciano Berio
24.10.1925—27.05.2003

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Luciano Berio
Air | from "Opera" | for soprano and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1969
Subtitle: from "Opera"
Scored for: for soprano and orchestra
Composer: Luciano Berio
Text Author: Alessandro Striggio
Original Language: Englisch
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano
Instrumentation: 2 1 2 2 - 3 0 0 0 - perc(3), pno(2), e.org, alto sax, t.sax, str(without vln)
Duration (min): 7
Dedication: to Cristina with love
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World Première
Location: Rovereto / Italy
Date: 1971
Main Soloists: Alide Maria Salvetta
Work Introduction

Air, for voice, violin, viola, cello and piano, was written in 1970 for I Solisti di Torino. The text is an English translation of a few fragments from Act I of Monteverdi’s Orfeo. Voice, string trio and piano are treated as separate entities, each developing independently its own [...]

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