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Suite from Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten, 2003

for baritone, voice and ensemble

1 (Picc). 1. 2 (Bkl). 1. / 0. 2 (1 Zink, Ps. 1 Flhr). 1. 0. / 2 Schlzg. / 2 Key (Klav. Sam. Cem). Akk. Hf. / 1. 1. 2. 2. 1 (E-Bass). 35 min(s)

Publisher: G.RICORDI & Co GmbH, Munich

The title "Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten" is reminiscent of paintings by old masters such as Nicholas Poussin which are not arranged around a central perspective and therefore allow the observer to choose his or her own viewpoint. Following this principle, Heiner Goebbels' opera does not have a linear storyline but creates constantly changing pictures with groups of people from various cultures and eras. The libretto of this opera for a baritone, an actor, 8 choristers and 18 instrumentalists comprises texts, stories, treatises and poems by Leonardo da Vinci, Giordano Bruno, Francois FĂ©nelon, Gertrude Stein, Henri Michaux, T.S. Eliot and Michael Foucault, to name but a few.

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