''Cronaca del luogo'' (''Chronicle of the Place'') is an opera by

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. The Italian libretto was compiled by his wife, Talia Pecker Berio, incorporating excerpts from

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and the poetry of Paul Celan and

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. 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,

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, on 24 July 1999, directed by Claus Guth.Clark, Andrew, "Music: Salzburg Festival" (13 August 1999). ''Financial Times'', p. 12. Sylvain Cambreling conducted the soloists, the

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and

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, Centro Tempo Reale for the

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and the ensemble Klangforum Wien.

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Entry in the Salzburg Festival Archive
Operas by Luciano Berio 1999 operas Italian-language operas Operas {{Italian-opera-stub