| Cronaca del luogo | |
| Composer: | Luciano Berio |
| Image Upright: | 0.7 |
| Translated Name: | Chronicle of the Place |
| Description: | azione musicale |
| Librettist: | Talia Pecker Berio |
| Language: | Italian |
| Based On: | Rabbinic literature and poetry by Paul Celan and Marina Tsvetayeva |
| Premiere Location: | Felsenreitschule, Salzburg |
Cronaca del luogo (Chronicle of the Place) is an opera by Luciano Berio. The Italian libretto was compiled by his wife, Talia Pecker Berio, incorporating excerpts from Rabbinic literature and the poetry of Paul Celan and Marina Tsvetayeva. Berio himself described the work as an azione musicale (musical action) rather than an opera. It falls into five scenes and a prologue. The work received its premiere at the Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, on 24 July 1999, directed by Claus Guth.[1] Sylvain Cambreling conducted the soloists, the Tölzer Knabenchor and Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Centro Tempo Reale for the live electronics and the ensemble Klangforum Wien.
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 13 August 1999 (Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling) |
|---|---|---|
| R | soprano | Hildegard Behrens |
| General | baritone | Frode Olsen |
| Phanuel | tenor | Matthias Klink |
| Nino | baritone | David Moss |
| Orvid | mezzo-soprano | Monica Bacelli |
| A man without age | baritone | Urban Malmberg |
| Sindaco | baritone | Martin Blasius |
| 3 Construction workers | tenor | Fritz Steinbacher |
| baritone | Martin Haltrich | |
| baritone | Tore Denys | |
| Woman in labor | soprano | Carolina Astanel |
| Saphir | trumpet | Gabriele Cassone |
| Abulafia | trombone | Christian Lindberg |