Title
Die Weiden (The Willows)
Subtitle
Opera
Category
Stage Work
Oper
Oper
Duration
135
Number of performers
146
Instrumentation
Choir: SATB – 3(A-fl/Picc.B-fl).3(cor ang.musette).3(bassetthn.db-clar).S-sax.T-sax.2.dbl bsn – 4.3.3.1 – timp.perc(4) – hp – pno.cel – 14.12.10.8.6 – BM: clar – trp.bsn – perc– harm – vl.va.db – live-electronics
Composition year(s)
2016–2018
World premiere
8.12.2018, Wiener Staatsoper (A).
Commissioner
Commissioned by Wiener Staatsoper, with funding from Ernst von Siemens-Musikstiftung
Libretto
Durs Grünbein
Publisher