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Kaspar Hauser : The Child of Europe. Opera in 14 scenes (2008)
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Work Details
Category: opera theatre
Duration: 90
Instrumentation: 4 S 5 M-S 4 T 3 Bar 4 B-Bar / 2(1)01+11(1) 1110 Pf (Harp) 2 Vn Va Vc Db
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Work notes
Winner of Stage Category in 2010 British Composer Awards.
Programme Note
[From the synopsis : In the early 19th century, The Child of Europe was the term ascribed to the person whom we know as Kaspar Hauser. Uncertainly, enigma and disagreement surround his birth. And his death. Accounts of his possible origins differ widely. Was he a child of the royal house of Baden? A vagrant on the make?
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