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L'usignolo dell'imperatore – Des Kaisers Nachtigall

Ballett-Pantomime von Giulio di Majo
frei nach dem gleichnamigen Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen
orchestra
Edition: Performance material

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Description

The youthful emperor loves the song of the nightingale. When he is sent a toy bird, its virtuoso but lifeless tones drive the natural nightingale out of the emperor’s favour – mechanical trickery wins over living song, the artificial replaces the natural. But when the toy breaks and the emperor sickens, it is the living nightingale that makes him well again and conquers death.

"Andersen’s tale is simply told, in a linear quick-moving style, in theatre music for a ballerina and a number of mime actors. The solo flute of course represents the nightingale, the piccolo the noise of the mechanical bird. The other melody instruments present all the emotions of the young Emperor (still almost a child), while percussion, piano and celesta provide the atmosphere of chinoiserie. Since its creation this work has been performed several times as a flute concerto."

Orchestral Cast

1 (auch Picc.) · 0 · 0 · Bassklar. · 0 - S. (Marimba · 2 Trgl. · hg. Beck. · 3 Tamt. · 3 Tomt. · Rumbagl.) (4 Spieler) - Cel. · Klav. - Str. (0 · 0 · 1 · 1 · 0)

Cast

Eine Ballerina und mehrere Mimen

More Information

Title:
L'usignolo dell'imperatore – Des Kaisers Nachtigall
Ballett-Pantomime von Giulio di Majo
frei nach dem gleichnamigen Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1959
Duration:
17 ′
World Premiere:
September 16, 1959 · Venezia (I)
Teatro La Fenice
Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea della Biennale di Venezia 1959
Fiorella Coba, Tänzerin; Mimen des Piccolo Teatro Mailand · Conductor: Ettore Gracis
Original staging: Franco Enriquez · Set desing: Attilio Colonnello
(scenic)

September 26, 1959 · Berlin (D)
Berliner Festwochen 1959
Aurèle Nicolet, Flöte · Conductor: Hans Werner Henze · Solisten des Berliner Philharmonischen Orchesters
(world première as concert)
Series:

Technical Details

Product number:
LS 2075-03

Performances

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  • L'usignolo dell'imperatore – Des Kaisers Nachtigall
    41st Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte Montepulciano
    Conductor: Alessandro Ferrari
    Orchestra: RNCM Ensemble
    July 23, 2016 | Montepulciano (Italy) , Piazza Grande
  • L'usignolo dell'imperatore – Des Kaisers Nachtigall
    Orchestra: Mitglieder der Berliner Philharmoniker
    May 18, 2014 | Berlin (Germany) , Philharmonie
    16:00
  • L'usignolo dell'imperatore – Des Kaisers Nachtigall
    Aldeburgh Festival
    Conductor: Oliver Knussen
    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
    June 22, 2013 | Aldeburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Snape Maltings Concert Hall
  • L'usignolo dell'imperatore – Des Kaisers Nachtigall
    Conductor: Tobias von Arb
    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel
    October 28, 2012 | Basel (Switzerland) , Martinskirche
    17.00 h
  • L'usignolo dell'imperatore – Des Kaisers Nachtigall
    Conductor: Tobias von Arb
    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel
    October 27, 2012 | Basel (Switzerland) , Martinskirche
    19.30 h
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