Johannes Maria Staud
*17.08.1974

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Johannes Maria Staud
Berenice | Oper after Edgar Allan Poe

Work Details
Year of composition: 2003-2004/2006
Subtitle: Oper after Edgar Allan Poe
Composer: Johannes Maria Staud
Text Source: "Berenice" by Edgar Allan Poe
Librettist: Durs Grünbein
Original Language: Englisch
Parts: Egaeus 1, actor
Egaeus 2, bassbaritone
Berenice, soprano
Der Vamp, mezzo-soprano
Edgar Allen Poe, actor
Das Hausmädchen, high soprano in the choir
Die tote Mutter, alto in the choir
Der Hausarzt, bass in the choir
Ein Diener, tenor in the choir
Choir: Chor der Familiengeister, gemischtes 8-stimmiges Vokalensemble
Instrumentation: 1 0 1 0 - 1 2 1 1 - perc(2), harm, pno, sax, vln(2), vla(2), vc(2), cb(1), tape, live-electronics
Instrumentation details: flute (+picc; alto fl; bass fl); clarinet in Bb (+cb.cl(Bb)); soprano saxophone in Bb (+alto sax(Eb); t.sax(Bb); bar.sax(Eb)); horn in F (+t.tuba(Bb); wagner tuba); 1st trumpet in C (+picc.tpt in Bb); 2nd trumpet in Bb (+flhn); trombone (+t.hn(Bb)); contrabass tuba (+cb.tuba); 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; harmonium; piano; 1st violin; 2nd violin; 1st viola; 2nd viola; 1st violoncello; 2nd violoncello; contrabass; tape
Duration (min): 85
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Work Introduction

My first full-length work is based on the arabesque Berenice, published in 1835 by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). This dark horror story revolves around the unequal, incestuous marriage of Egaeus and Berenice, facing each other like archetypal opposites. The underlying horror at the heart of [...]

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This introduction is so chillingly beautiful that it could hardly ever be surpassed - even if Staud's sonic inventiveness and talent for imaginative instrumentation do seem to be inexhaustible. (Eleonore Bühning, FAZ).

Musically, Staud has opened up considerably compared to his earlier [...]

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