the Operatic Saxophone

Penderecki, Krzysztof

Opera: Die Teufel von Loudun (The Devils of Loudun)

Composed: 1969-75

Librettist: Penderecki and Harry Kupfer

Text: John Whiting, Aldous Huxley

Saxophone: 2 Alto Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone

Publisher: Schott Music

Premiere: 1969

Language: German

Nationality: Polish

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Opera: Paradise Lost (Das verlorene Paradies)

Composed: 1976-78

Librettist: Christopher Fry

Text: John Milton

Saxophone: Soprano Saxophone

Publisher: Schott Music

Premiere: 1978

Language: English/German

Nationality: Polish

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Opera: Die schwarze Maske

Composed: 1984-86

Librettist: Penderecki and Harry Kupfer

Text: Gerhart Hauptmann

Saxophone: Soprano Saxophone, 2 Alto Saxophones

Publisher: Schott Music

Premiere: 1986

Language: German

Nationality: Polish