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Josephs Legende
Handlung in einem Aufzuge von Harry Graf Kessler und Hugo von Hofmannsthal
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Josephs Legende
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Josephs Legende is the first ballet composition by Richard Strauss, created for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1914. Based on a libretto by Harry Graf Kessler and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the work tells the story of the handsome goatherd Joseph in the palace of Potiphar. Having caught sight of Joseph, Potiphar’s wife attempts to seduce the young man, but is discovered by her husband. She accuses Joseph of having initiated first advances to deflect attention from her misdemeanour. Joseph is only able to avoid the torture ordered by Potiphar with the help of higher powers Strauss selected a colourful musical language for his ballet, oscillating between passages of dramatic calm and Dionysian joviality to illustrate the plot. Josephs Legende is an opulent tonal painting with which Strauss ambitiously aimed to ‘revitalise dance’.
Orchestral Cast
Picc. · 4 · 3 (3. auch Engl. Hr.) · Heckelphon · 3 (1 in D, 2 in A) · Bassklar. · Kb.-Klar. (evtl. durch Kfg. zu ersetzen) · 3 · Kfg. (auch 4. Fg.) - 6 · 4 · 4 · Tenortb. · 1 - 6 P. (2 Spieler) S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Trgl. · 2 Fingerzimb. · Tamb. · kl. Tr. · 2 Paar Kast.) (4 Spieler) - 4 Cel. · 4 Hfn. · Klav. · Org. (hinter der Szene) - Str. (10 Vl. I · 10 Vl. II · 10 Vl. III · 8 Va. I · 8 Va. II · 6 Vc. I · 6 Vc. II · 8 Kb.)
Cast
Potiphar - Potiphars Weib - Deren Lieblingssklavin - Potiphars Gäste - Potiphars Hausmeister - Potiphars Diener, Leibwachen und Sklavinnen - Ein Sheik - Dessen acht Begleiter - Sein junger Diener - Drei Verschleierte - Drei Unverschleierte - Dienerinnen der Verschleierten - Zwei Aufseher - Sulamith, eine Tänzerin - Sechs Boxer - Deren Begleiter - Joseph, ein fünfzehnjähriger Hirtenknabe - Sechs Knaben, seine Spielkameraden - Henkersknechte des Potiphar - Ein männlicher, ganz in Gold gewappneter Erzengel
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Title:
Josephs Legende
Handlung in einem Aufzuge von Harry Graf Kessler und Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Fürstner Musikverlag GmbH
Year of composition:
1914
Opus:
op. 63
Duration:
65 ′
World Premiere:
May 14, 1914 · Paris (F)
Théâtre National de l'Opéra
Conductor: Richard Strauss
Costumes: Léon Bakst · Set design: José-Maria Sert · Choreography: Michel Fokine · Ballets russes de Serge de Diaghilew
(scenic)
Théâtre National de l'Opéra
Conductor: Richard Strauss
Costumes: Léon Bakst · Set design: José-Maria Sert · Choreography: Michel Fokine · Ballets russes de Serge de Diaghilew
(scenic)
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
LAF 4478-01
Delivery rights:
Distribution rights for Germany, Gdańsk, Italy, Portugal, the successor states to the USSR except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
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