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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instanceOf chamber opera ⓘ
basedOn Pied Piper of Hamelin ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Brothers Grimm tradition ⓘ
characters The Crowd ⓘ
The Minister ⓘ
The Minister’s Wife ⓘ
The Stranger ⓘ
commissionedBy Ensemble Modern ⓘ
Festival d’Automne à Paris ⓘ
Opéra National de Paris ⓘ
composer George Benjamin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
duration approximately 40 minutes ⓘ
features extended instrumental techniques ⓘ
unusual instrumental colors ⓘ
firstRecordingConductor George Benjamin ⓘ
firstRecordingEnsemble Birmingham Contemporary Music Group ⓘ
firstRecordingLabel Nimbus Records ⓘ
followedBy Written on Skin ⓘ
genre contemporary classical music ⓘ
hasLibrettoForm sung narrative shared between two singers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
librettist Martin Crimp ⓘ
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 ⓘ
premiereDate 2006-11-22 ⓘ
premiereLocation Opéra Bastille Studio ⓘ
linked to: Opéra Bastille
publisher Faber Music ⓘ
structure two-act opera ⓘ
style minimalist ⓘ
modernist ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
politics ⓘ
state power ⓘ
xenophobia ⓘ
vocalForces contralto ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
two female singers ⓘ

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