Un re in ascolto
Musical action in two parts
Libretto
Luciano Berio
after Italo Calvino , W. H. Auden und Friedrich Gotter
Premiere
7 August 1984, Salzburg (Kleines Festspielhaus)
Cast
PROSPERO (baritone)
PRODUCER (tenor)
FRIDAY (actor)
FEMALE PROTAGONIST (soprano)
SOPRANO I
SOPRANO II
MEZZO-SOPRANO
3 SINGERS (tenor, baritone, bass)
NURSE (soprano)
WIFE (mezzo-soprano)
DOCTOR (Tenor)
LAWYER (Bass)
SINGING PIANIST
CHORUS
Mime (Ariel) Messenger, Stage Designer and Assistants, Seamstress, A lady to saw in half, acrobats, clowns, 3 dancers and others, accordion-player
Place
In some town
Time