Madame de Sade

Opera in prologue, three acts and epilogue

Description

Characters:

Renée (Madame de Sade) - mezzo-soprano

Madame de Montreuil (Renée's mother) - dramatic soprano

Anne (Renée's younger sister) - lyric soprano

Baroness de Simiane (virtuous woman) - alto

Countess de Saint-Fond (wicked woman) - countertenor

Charlotte (Madame de Montreuil's servant) - soprano

Yukio Mishima - dancer

Instrumentation

fl, cl, hn, perc, hp, 2vln, vla, vlc, db, 3sopr, 2mezzo, cten

Category

Works for the Stage

Premiere

Helsinki Skaala Opera, Helsinki (Finland), 11 August 2010.

Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by Helsinki Skaala Opera.

Archive number

MF21143

Music Finland

255 pages

Special size

Buy – 164.16 € 144.00 € excl. vat

Title

Works

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin