Into the Little Hill
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Into the Little Hill is a modern chamber opera by composer George Benjamin, known for its politically charged retelling of the Pied Piper story through an innovative, minimalist musical language.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | chamber opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | Pied Piper of Hamelin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Brothers Grimm tradition ⓘ |
| characters |
The Crowd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Minister ⓘ The Minister’s Wife NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stranger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Ensemble Modern
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Festival d’Automne à Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Opéra National de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | George Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 40 minutes ⓘ |
| features |
extended instrumental techniques
ⓘ
unusual instrumental colors ⓘ |
| firstRecordingConductor | George Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecordingEnsemble | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecordingLabel | Nimbus Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Written on Skin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasLibrettoForm | sung narrative shared between two singers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Martin Crimp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| librettoStyle |
elliptical
ⓘ
poetic ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | non-naturalistic ⓘ |
| notableProduction | Festival d’Automne à Paris 2006 production ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| orchestration | chamber ensemble ⓘ |
| partOf | George Benjamin’s stage works ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2006-11-22 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Opéra Bastille Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | two-act opera ⓘ |
| style |
minimalist
ⓘ
modernist ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ politics ⓘ state power ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
contralto
ⓘ
soprano ⓘ two female singers ⓘ |
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