Before Night Falls
Jorge Martin
About this work:
full-length opera, based on the memoir by Reinaldo Arenas. World premiere (full orchestra version) at the Fort Worth Opera Festival in 2010, recorded by Albany (Troy 1226/27). In English.
Version: reduced orchestration
Year composed: 2005
Duration: 02:25:80
Ensemble type: Opera/Theater:Opera, More than One Act, with Chorus
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 1 Horn in F, 1 Trumpet, 1 Trombone, 1 Timpani, 4 Percussion (General), 2 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: Winds double (piccolo, Eb and Bass Clarinet, English Horn), contrabassoon (if available); second keyboard can be a synthesizer that also can sound like a celesta.