Die Reise zum Mond

Name: Die Reise zum Mond
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 563362
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(A Trip to the Moon)

An Opera for All Ages

Georges Méliès wird auf den Mond geschossen und muss das Vertrauen des Mondvolks gewinnen. "Ich habe den Stoff verwendet, um daraus eine Art Parabel darüber zu schaffen, wie wir mit Fremden umgehen." (Andrew Norman)

Edition: Performance material

Series: A Trip to the Moon

Product Type

Hire Order

Product Details

Orchestral Cast

0.0.0.0-0.2.2.btbn.0-1perc(vib, crot [2 oct], glsp, 4templebl, 2 metals [brake drums, anvils, etc.]m tam-t, kick drum, 3 splash cym, 2 bass boomwhackers, sus cym, thundertube, tri)-pno(with optional celeste doubling)-2vn.va.vc.db

Cast

Eoa, soprano - Queen of the Moon People, mezzo-soprano - Georges Méliès, tenor - Moon Man, baritone -
4 Astronomers (speaking roles):
Professor Barbenfouillis, Micromegas,
Alcofrisbas, Parafaragaramus - Attendants to the Queen, optional min. 2 - Moon Children, min. 7

More Information

Title:

Die Reise zum Mond

(A Trip to the Moon)

An Opera for All Ages

inspired by Georges Méliès's silent film "A Trip to the Moon" (1902)

Chamber version in German language, translated by Joscha Schaback from the original libretto by the composer

Übersetzung von Joscha Schaback nach dem Original-Libretto des Komponisten

Language:

German, Mondisch

Edition:

Performance material

Level of difficulty:

intermediate

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Publishing year:

2022

Year of composition:

2017

Duration:

60 ′0 ′′

World Premiere:

February 18, 2023 · Hamburg (D)
Opera Stabile
Die Reise zum Mond
Conductor: Luiz de Godoy · Choir director: Luiz de Godoy
Original staging: Stephan Witzlinger · Costumes: Lena Scheerer · Set design: Lena Scheerer · Choreography: Milena Junge
Organizer: Staatsoper Hamburg
(scenic)

Commissioned work :

The chamber version of A Trip to the Moon was commissioned by Hamburgische Staatsoper. The original version was commissioned by Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic Association within a series of commissions of children’s operas led by Sir Simon Rattle and Simon Halsey.

Series:

A Trip to the Moon