Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 acts |
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Composition Year | 1810, rev. 1823 (2 acts) |
Genre Categories | Lyric tragedies; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
Work Title | Abel |
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Alternative. Title | La mort d'Abel, tragédie lyrique (2-act revised version) |
Composer | Kreutzer, Rodolphe |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IRK 1 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 acts |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1810, rev. 1823 (2 acts) |
First Performance. | Paris, 23 March 1810 1823-March 17 (revised version, without "heavily criticized" 2nd act) |
First Publication. | 1824 |
Librettist | François-Benoît Hoffmann (1760-1828), based on the play Der Tod Abels (1758) by the Swiss poet Salomon Gessner (1730-1788) (with elements added from John Milton's Paradise Lost) |
Language | French |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Voices, chorus, Orchestra |
External Links | Wikipedia article |