Les Troyens
Grand Opéra in five acts
Hector Berlioz. New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE) 2a-c
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116875
Grand Opéra en cinq actes Hol. 133
Die Trojaner / The Trojans
Bärenreiter Urtext
for | Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra |
Musical Editions | Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition) |
Item no. | 335644 |
Author / Composer | Hector Berlioz |
Editor | Hugh MacDonald |
Piano score | Eike Wernhard |
Languages | german, french |
Scope | 580 pages; 20.5 × 27.5 cm |
Duration | 240 minutes |
Release year | 2013 |
Publisher / Producer | Bärenreiter |
Producer No. | BA 5442-90 |
ISMN | 9790006506484 |
The vocal score to “Les Troyens ” presents the text Berlioz conceived as a great five act opera. During the composition of this work between 1856 and 1858 and up until June 1863, Berlioz perceived “Les Troyens ” as one opera. Because of performance difficulties, the composition had to be divided into two operas, “La Prise de Troie ” and “Les Toyens à Carthage ”.
Berlioz began to write the libretto in Paris in April 1856 and completed it on June 26th of that same year. The dramatic material of acts III-V is taken from books 1 and 4 of Virgil's “ Aeneid ”.
The two trojan acts are loosely based on books 1 and 2 by Virgil.
Berlioz wrote in May 1861: “I am sure that I have created a great work, greater and superior to anything I have ever written before”.
The vocal score is based on the three-volume New Berlioz Edition and also on the one-volume vocal score edition that under Berlioz’s supervision, was privately printed in 1861-62 and then distributed. The appendix contains two complete scenes: The Sinon scene from the first act and the original finale from the fifth act.
Grand Opéra in five acts
Hector Berlioz. New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE) 2a-c
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116875
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