Friedrich Cerha
*17.02.1926

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Friedrich Cerha
Baal | Bühnenwerk in 2 Teilen | reduced version

Work Details
Year of composition: 1974-1980
Subtitle: Bühnenwerk in 2 Teilen
Version: reduced version
Composer: Friedrich Cerha
Text Source: 4 versions of "Baal"
Librettist: Friedrich Cerha
Parts: Baal, baritone
Ekart, bass
Johannes, tenor
Emilie, mezzo-soprano
Johanna, soprano
Sophie, soprano
several small parts: soprano, alto, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, basses, 2 speaking parts
Instrumentation: 2 3 3 3 - 4 3 4 1, timp, perc(4), hp, acc, e.org, sax(2), guit, str(10 8 6 6 4); stage music on tape
Scenery: 25 Bilder (teilweise gleiche Dekorationen)
Duration (min): 195

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World Première
Location: Wien / Austria
Date: 29.09.2011
Orchestra: Amadeus Ensemble-Wien
Conductor: Walter Kobéra
Scenery: Leo Krischke
Main Soloists: Sébastien Soulès, Baal; Elisabeth Lang, Manuela Leonhartsberger, Belinda Loukota, Ulla Pilz, Katharina Tschakert, Dieter Kschwendt-Michel, Gernot Heinrich, Stephan Rehm, Oliver Ringelhahn, Michael Schwendinger, Daniel Serafin, Michael Wagner, Harald Wurms
Work Introduction

Baal’s actual impulsion is the vital, ineradicable human longing for happiness, the search “for the land where living is better,” as he sings in his final song. He is seeking it here because he is “dependent on the terrestrial,” where he encounters limits of all kinds.

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