STAGE WORKS
ATLÁNTIDA
("Atlantis").Scenic cantata in a prologue and three parts.
Based on the Catalan poem L'Atlàntida, by Jacinto Verdaguer.
Unfinished. Revised and completed by Ernesto Halffter.
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1927-1946
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Concert performance: Barcelona, Teatro del Liceo, 24 November 1961; conductor, Eduardo Toldrá. Staged performance: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 18 June 1962; conductor, Thomas Schippers. First performance of "definitive" version: Lucerne Festival, 9 September 1976; conductor, Jesús López Cobos.
SECTIONS / MOVEMENTS
Prologue: L'Atlàntida submergida - Hymnus hispanicus. Part 1: L'incendi dels Pirineus - Ària de Pirene - Cantic a Barcelona. Part 2: Alcides i Gerió el tricèfal - Cantic a l´Atlàntida - Els jocs de les Plèiades - Arribada d´Alcides a Gades - Veus missatgeres - La Veu Divina. Part 3: El Pelegrí - El somni d'Isabel - Les caravel.les - La Salve en el mar - La nit suprema.
CHARACTERS
Coryphaeus (baritone); the Boy (treble); Pyrene (contralto); Geryon (2 tenors and 1 baritone); the seven Pleiades: Maia (soprano), Aretusa (soprano), Caleno (soprano), Eritea (mezzo-soprano), Electra (mezzo-soprano), Esperetusa (contralto) and Alcione (contralto); Lady of the Court (contralto); Page (treble); Queen Isabella (soprano); and mixed chorus.
DURATION
80 minutes approx.
INSTRUMENTATION
3 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas, bass tuba, percussion, celesta, 2 harps, 2 pianos and strings.
PUBLISHER
Ricordi.