FULL Pollicino Rome 2004 David Angelica, Gabriella Bosco, Armando Ariostini
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Pollicino
- Composer: Henze Hans Werner
- Libretto: Giuseppe Di Leva Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Nazionale Roma, Italy
- Recorded: 2004
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: David Angelica, Gabriella Bosco, Armando Ariostini, Oslavio Di Credico, Cristina Reale, Elizabeth Pasquale
- Conductor: .Silvano Cors
- Orchestra: Ensemble Strumentale Teatro Opera Roma
- Stage Director: Daniele Abbado
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 2 Audio:2
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: mail.ru FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Hans Werner Henze’s children’s opera Pollicino, an adaptation of the “Hansel and Gretel” fairy tale, has become a classic since its premiere with productions in theaters and schools worldwide. Written for the “Concentus Politianus”, an instrumental ensemble consisting of 15 children, the roles of children and animals are actually intended to be sung and played by children. Only the adult roles (parent couple, cannibal couple, wolf) are reserved for adult singers. The same applies to the orchestra. Apart from the piano, harmonium and the concertante violin, which “are played by teachers or other adults”, children play “instruments that are available to the Concentus Politianus, founded in early 1979: recorders, guitars, a couple of violins, plus the instruments of the ‘ Orff-Schulwerks’.”
(Hans-Werner Henze)