Il canto del cigno (Schwanengesang) (1979)
Musical form: musical theatre - chamber opera
Movement/Structure: 1 act
Instrumentation: flute/ piccolo, oboe, clarinet Bb, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet, harp, guitar, percussions (bass drum, side drum, basque drum, xylophone, vibes, triangle, tam tam small and big, suspended cymbal, 3 tom tom, Glockenspiel, celesta, 3 T-blocks), accordion, violins I and II, violas, cellos, double bass (5 strings), piano
Duration: 60'
Year init.: 1979
Year final: 1989
Literary sources: after Anton Pavlovich Cechov (A. P. Tschechov) (see attachment)
Annotations: Internationaler Carl Maria von Weber Preis - Wettbewerb für Kammeroper 1990, Dresdener Musikfestspiele
Publisher: Rugginenti Editore Milano 2003
Edition number: RE 50847
Premiere: 27.11.2003, Sala Tripcovich Trieste,
Orchestra G. Verdi Trieste,
troup of ballet of Teatro Verdi,
Adriano Marinolli conductor,
Giuliano Pelizon baryton Vassil Vassilic Svietlovidov,
Davide Cicchetti tenor Nikita Ivanyc,
Alessandra Scaramuzza stage director,
Benedetta Ponzoni scene-and costume-design
SIAE: 8508 (Sezione lirica)