Hans Werner Henze

100 years Composer of Our Time

Mr. Pulcinella in Despair Again (Le disperazioni del Signor Pulcinella)

Dance comedy with song

Libretto (freely adapted after Molière) by Sergio Sivori
English by David Paul Graham

Commissioned by the Schwetzinger Festspiele

Period of composition 1992-95
Original version 1949
Duration 50 minutes

World premiere

World premiere of the original version 30. December 1950

Wiesbaden

Hessisches Staatstheater
Choreography Edgar von Pelchrzim
Stage design Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Conductor Hans Werner Henze

 

World premiere of the New version 25. May 1997

Schwetzinger Festspiele

Ballett der Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Choreography Dieter Heitkamp 
Conductor Sebastian Weigle

Comments

This piece represents an extended treatment of my old ballet “Jack Pudding” (1949). The drama is related, as before, to Molière’s “Georges Dandin” (the scenes were once intended to close each of the three acts, but they were never performed in this context). In 1992 I incorporated Neapolitan prose and songs, compiled for this purpose by the young Pulcinella actor Sergio Sivori.

Hans Werner Henze

Cast

Il Signor Pulcinella mimo
Smeraldina ballerinahis wife
Salvatore Lupino ballerinoan elegant cavalier
I coniugi mimi e/o balleriniSmeraldina’s parents
Speranzina ballerinaa little girl
Ermanno ballerino a postman
Fortunellaballerinahis fiancée
corpo di ballo young and elderly people

Instrumentation

1 Flautoanche Ottavino
1 Oboe
1 Clarinettoanche Sassofono tenore ad lib.
1 Fagotto
1 Corno
1 Tromba
1 Trombone
Timpani
Percussione3 Triangoli
3 Piatti sospesi
3 Tamtam
3 Tomtom
Tamburo basco
Tamburo piccolo
Grancassa (con e senza il piatto)
Bongos, Guiro
Castagnetti
Raganella
Frusta
Flauto a culisse
Caccavella brasiliana (Cuíca o Puíta)
Caccavella napoletana (Putipù)
Scetavajasse (Reco-Reco napoletane con sistri)
Crotali
Marimba
Vibrafono
Campane tubolari
Trinidad steel drum
Flessatono
[per 3]
Pianoforte anche Celesta e Fisarmonica ad lib.
Archi

see also

List of Works
Magazine
Related Links

Jack Pudding

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Jack Pudding

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Pulcinella in dispair (Pulcinella disperato)

Tales of Pulcinella (Pulcinellas Erzählungen)

from the Ballet „Le disperazioni del Signor Pulcinella“
Orchestral and ensemble works
Tales of Pulcinella (Pulcinellas Erzählungen)

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Dancing classes (Tanzstunden)

A trilogy
Music theatre Ballet
Dancing classes (Tanzstunden)

Il progetto Henze

Quando la regione della Ruhr è stata scelta come Capitale europea della cultura, il suo direttore artistico Steven Sloane ha immediatamente individuato in Hans Werner Henze un punto di riferimento musicale, una star mondiale con radici nella regione e un'opera che comprende tutti i generi musicali e un'ampia proposta per bambini, giovani e dilettanti, e che potrebbe quindi fare da rete all'intera regione.

Rivista
Arte Festivale
Il progetto Henze
Publisher: Schott Music, Collection of all Ballets (ED 9500)
Publisher: Schott Music, Study score (ED 9456)
Publisher: Schott Music, Performance material (LS 2110-01)

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