Before Night Falls
Jorge Martin
About this work:
full-length opera, based on the memoir by Reinaldo Arenas. World premiere at the Fort Worth Opera Festival in 2010, recorded by Albany (Troy 1226/27). In English.
Version: full orchestra
Year composed: 2005
Duration: 02:25:80
Ensemble type: Opera/Theater:Opera, More than One Act, with Chorus
Instrumentation: 2 Flute, 2 Oboe, 2 Bassoon, 4 Horn in F, 3 Trumpet, 3 Trombone, 1 Tuba, 1 Timpani, 4 Percussion (General), 1 Piano, 1 Strings (General), 1 Harp, 1 Soprano, 1 Mezzo-Soprano, 3 Tenor, 1 Baritone, 1 Bass-Baritone, 1 S, 1 A, 1 T, 1 B
Instrumentation notes: total orch. size 53 and up. Woodwinds double (piccolo, English Horn, Eb and Bass Clarinet, contrabassoon); keyboard also plays celesta