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1943 to 2012

The Idiot (Der Idiot)

Mimodrama. Scenes from the novel of the same title by Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky

Based on an idea by Tatjana Gsovsky
Poem (Myshkin’s monologues) by Ingeborg Bachmann (1953)

Year of composition 1952
Revised version1990
Duration 40 minutes

Dedicated to Luchino Visconti

World premieres

World premiere 1. september 1952

Berliner Festwochen · Hebbel-Theater

Choreography Tatjana Gsovsky
Stage design Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Titlerole Klaus Kinsky
Conductor Rudolf Alberth

 

World premiere of the text version by Ingeborg Bachmann 8. january 1960

Berlin · Ensemble der Städtischen Oper

Choreography Tatjana Gsovsky

 

World premiere of the revised verison 29. march 1996

Theater Basel

Production Andreas Rochholl
Stage and costume design Andreas Tschui
Conductor Joachim Krause

Comment

This is the history and tragedy of an indivi- dualist, a saint, who is destroyed by the en- raged passions of the people around him, and by their fate. It is told in dance, mime, monologues and music. The number of dancers can be reduced at will, the role of the protagonist may be shared between a speaker and a dancer.

Hans Werner Henze

Cast

Fürst Myschkin attore e ballerino
Nastassia Filipowna ballerina
Aglajaballerina
ballerinesociety ladies
Tozkiballerino
Rogoschinballerino
Ganjaballerino
General Epantschinballerino
ballerinisociety gentlemen

Instrumentation

1 Flautoanche Ottavino
1 Clarinetto
1 Fagotto
1 Tromba
1 Trombone
Percussione

Triangolo
Piatto sospeso
Tamtam
2 Tomtom
Tamburo piccolo (con la corda)
Claves
Xilofono

[per 1]

Pianoforte
1 Violino o gruppi d'archi
1 Viola
1 Violoncello
1 Contrabbasso

 

 Banda

1 Oboe
1 Corno inglese
1 Corno

see also

Publications
List of Works
Biographical News
Related Links

Anmerkungen zu Ingeborg Bachmanns Libretto "Ein Monolog des Fürsten Myschkin zu der Ballettpantomime ‘Der Idiot’"

Elmar Locher
essays about Hans Werner Henze
Anmerkungen zu Ingeborg Bachmanns Libretto "Ein Monolog des Fürsten Myschkin zu der Ballettpantomime ‘Der Idiot’"

Der Idiot

Beschreibung und Libretto des Ballettes
Tatjana Gsovsky
about Hans Werner Henze
Der Idiot

Bachmanns Libretti

Petra Grell
books about Hans Werner Henze
Bachmanns Libretti

Paraphrases on Dostoyevsky (Paraphrasen über Dostojewski)

1990 Vocal pieces
Paraphrases on Dostoyevsky (Paraphrasen über Dostojewski)

Dance- and Drawing Room Music (Tanz- und Salonmusik)

from the mime drama “The Idiot”
1952 1989 Orchestral and ensemble works
Dance- and Drawing Room Music (Tanz- und Salonmusik)

The Henze Project

When the Ruhr region was chosen as the European Capital of Culture, its artistic director Steven Sloane immediately saw Hans Werner Henze as a musical focus, a world star with roots in the region and an oeuvre that encompasses all musical genres as well as a wide range of opportunities for children, young people and amateurs, and who could thus connect the entire region.

Biographical
Art Festival
The Henze Project
Publisher: Schott Music, Piano score: ED 7666
Publisher: Schott Music, Study score: ED 9104

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