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La vera storia

La vera storia
Azione musicale in 2 parti
Year of composition: 
1977 - 1980
Year composition ended: 
1980
Text: 

Italo Calvino, Luciano Berio

Language: 
Italian
Scored for: 
soloists, actors, choir and orchestra
Cast: 

Leonora, soprano
Luca, tenor
Ada, mezzo-soprano
Ivo, baritone
Comandante, baritone
Il Condannato, bass
Ugo, tenor
Prete, tenor
Storyteller (at least 2)
3 Actors as passers-by
Passer-by, soprano
Vocal ensemble (2 2 2 2)
3 Voices in the street
Mimes
Dancers
Acrobats

Duration: 
120'
Annotations: 

Choir: SATB (at least 60 singers)
Instrumentation: 4 3 4 3 - 3 3 3 1 - 3 perc, hp, keyb, 2 pno, alto sax, t.sax, str. Stage music: acc, bells, vln (solo), pianola, guit, bass guit. Banda: 3 0 3 0 - 3 3 2 1 - perc, alto sax, t.sax, t.hrn, bar

First performance: 
09/03/1982, Milan. Oslavio di Credico, Giancarlo Luccardi, Daisy Lumini, Alexandrina Milcheva, Milva, Marianna Nicolescu, Alberto Noli, Roeloff Oostwoud, Gabriella Ravazzi; New Swingle Singers, Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Filarmonica della Scala, Luciano Berio; Maurizio Scaparro (stage director)
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
30242
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Author's note: English