South Pole
(2013–2015)
a double opera in two parts
libretto by Tom Holloway
commissioned by Bayerische Staatsoper
first performance
Mojca Erdmann - soprano
Tara Erraught - mezzosoprano
Thomas Hampson - baritone
Rolando Villazón - tenor
staged by Hans Neuenfels
conducted by Kirill Petrenko
31/1/2016 » Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
durata » 60′ + 60′
Bärenreiter BA 11147
(4.3.2+6.3 - 2+6.4.3.1 - acc, harp, pno 4 hands, 4perc - 14.12.10.8.6) (On stage – Team Scott) Kathleen (Mezzo) Scott (Tenor) Bowers (Tenor) Evans (Tenor) Wilson (Tenor) Oates (Tenor) Carusophone (old gramophone playing La fleur que tu m’avais jetée from Carmen by Georges Bizet, recorded by Enrico Caruso, voice only) Pony 1 (Hn.) Pony 2 (Hn.) Pony 3 (Hn.) Pony 4 (Hn.) Pony 5 (Hn.) Pony 6 (Hn.) (Team Amundsen) Land Lady (Soprano) Amundsen (Baritone) Bjaaland (Baritone) Hanssen (Baritone) Wisting (Baritone) Johansen (Baritone) Gramophone (old gramophone playing Solveig’s Song from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg, recorded by Borghild Bryhn Langaard, voice only) Dog 1 (Cl.) Dog 2 (Cl.) Dog 3 (Cl.) Dog 4 (Cl.) Dog 5 (Cl.) Dog 6 (Cl.) reduced version Darmstadt 2017 (4.3.2+6.3 - 2+6.4.3.1 - acc, harp, pno 4 hands, 4perc - 10.8.6.5.4)