Beat Furrer
*06.12.1954

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Beat Furrer
Die Blinden

Work Details
Year of composition: 1989
Subtitle: Kammeroper in 1 Akt
Composer: Beat Furrer
Text Source: Maeterlinck " Les Aveugles"
Text Editor: Beat Furrer
Translator: Stefan Gross
Parts: 3 Mezzosoprane, 2 Frauen- und 6 Männerstimmen
Choir: 4S, 4A, 4T, 4B
Instrumentation details: fl., 2 cl. - tpt., 2 tbn., tuba - perc.(3) - vln., vla., 2 vc., cb.
Duration (min): 60

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World Première
Location: Odeon Wien / Austria
Date: 25.11.1989
Orchestra: Bühnenorchester der Österreichischen Bundestheater
Conductor: Beat Furrer
Scenery: Reto Nickler
Work Introduction

 

“Not yet awakened and not yet more secure”

Notes on the opera Die Blinden by Beat Furrer


The blind ones, who do not know precisely where they are, are awaiting the return of their priestly leader. They find him dead in their midst just before the end of the drama. That is the [...]