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)