general information

composition date
1967
duration
40min
publisher
Salabert
Artistic collaboration(s)
Chorégraphie : Roland Petit ; Décors : Martial Raysse
Commission
The Royal Opéra House of Covent Garden
Libretto (details, author)

Sur un argument de Marius Constant, d’après The Paradise Lost de John Milton.

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Orchestral music)

detailed formation

flute (also 2 piccolos, English horn (also 2 oboes, 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, other trombone [basse] (also 2 trombones, 3 percussionists, timpani, vibraphone, marimba, electric organ, piano [aussi célesta], 2 harp, 6 cellos [ou 12], 4 double basses

information about the creation

date
February 23, 1967
Royaume Uni, Londres, The Royal Opera House of Covent Garden
interpreters
Margot Fonteyn et Rudolf Noureev, danseurs ; Royal Ballet ; Covent Garden Orchestra ; Marius Constant, direction

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