tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68898734386636929522024-03-05T07:30:22.168+01:00Contemporary Opera World Archives and Research CenterThis blog is mainly about contemporary opera (operas composed after 1970), but also about classical music.
Ce blog est consacré principalement à l'actualité de l'opéra contemporain depuis 1970, mais aussi à la musique / musicologie en général, de manière plus anecdotique.Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.comBlogger671125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-77637713355350574882022-09-25T05:00:00.006+02:002022-09-25T05:00:00.149+02:00Today : world première of 'Until the Lions' by Thierry Pécou in Strasbourg<br />
Today, the <a href="https://www.operanationaldurhin.eu/en" target="_blank">Opéra National du Rhin</a> presents the world première of <i>Until the Lions : Echoes from the Mahabharata</i>, an opera in three acts composed by Thierry Pécou, with a libretto in English by Karthika Naïr based on her own book.<br />
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It is the composer's third opera after <i>Les Sacrifiées</i> (2007) and <i>L'Amour coupable</i> (2008).<br />
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Until the Lions gives voice to the women who have suffered most from rivalries, destruction, war, the violence of power and patriarchal domination. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.operanationaldurhin.eu/en" target="_blank">Opéra national du Rhin website</a>)</blockquote><p>
The cast includes actress Fiona Tong (Satyavati), bass baritone Cody Quattlebaum (Bheeshma) and contralto Noa Frenkel (Amba). Marie Jacquot conducts the Orchestre syphonique de Mulhouse. Shobana Jeyasingh directs.<br />
</p><p>Originally planned on March 21, 2020, the performances were cancelled due to COVID.<br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com019 Place Broglie, 67000 Strasbourg, France48.585883878656588 7.752571105957031248.585555878656585 7.7519406059570315 48.586211878656592 7.753201605957031tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-38937943859860177612022-09-10T05:00:00.004+02:002022-09-10T05:00:00.159+02:00Today : world première of Antony and Cleopatra by John Adams in San Francisco<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.sfopera.com/" target="_blank">San Francisco Opera</a> presents the world première of the new opera (in 2 acts and 9 scenes) composed by <a href="https://www.earbox.com/" target="_blank">John Adams</a>, <i>Antony and Cleopatra</i>. The libretto, written by the composer, is based on William Shakespeare's play, with supplementary passages from Putarch, Virgil and other classical texts, adapted with the help of Elkhanah Pulitzer and Lucia Scheckner.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1UIV_fNeAWOkIkrGCc5xlkp5dmrBlbtRPgJsO0kjXZTfl2DsDq5rDK-FDRzlppm0Tt2yz7otwPScbzUAH5ffSDcz7ymUOIke_aOSdF_k438-tsBtCgWwsVVKixeJcUXYdpE9rlkWyaAF1cq0Mg6t0lmagu1c6ODSdEqFYEZuBmh9r08q-_nPEodw/s2600/adams_john_credit_christine_alicino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="2600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1UIV_fNeAWOkIkrGCc5xlkp5dmrBlbtRPgJsO0kjXZTfl2DsDq5rDK-FDRzlppm0Tt2yz7otwPScbzUAH5ffSDcz7ymUOIke_aOSdF_k438-tsBtCgWwsVVKixeJcUXYdpE9rlkWyaAF1cq0Mg6t0lmagu1c6ODSdEqFYEZuBmh9r08q-_nPEodw/s320/adams_john_credit_christine_alicino.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(c) Christine Alicino<br /></div><div><p></p><p>It is the composer's 9th opera, after, among others, <i>Nixon in China</i> (Houston, TX, October 22, 1987), <i>The Death of Klinghoffer</i> (Brussels, March 19, 1991), <i>Doctor Atomic</i> (San Francisco, October1st, 2005) and <i>Girls of the Golden West</i> (San Francisco, November 21, 2017).</p><blockquote><p>A Roman general and an Egyptian queen embark on a torrid romance, one that will disrupt alliances, end marriages, and spark a pitiless war that gives rise to a new leader, Caesar (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.sfopera.com/" target="_blank">San Francisco Opera website</a>).</p></blockquote><p></p><p>The cast includes soprano Amina Edris (Cleopatra), bass-baritone Gerald Finley (Antony), tenor Paul Appleby (Caesar), bass-baritone Alfred Walker (Enobarbus), mezzo Elizabeth DeShong (Octavia) and tenor Brenton Ryan (Eros). Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Elkhanah Pulitzer directs.<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">The orchestral setting is the following (according to the PDF programme book available online) :</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 1 Eb clarinet, 2 Bb clarinet, 1 bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 4 horns ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 1 timpani, 3 percussion, 2 harps, 1 celesta, 1 cimbalom</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 40 strings (12 first violins, 9 second violins, 7 violas, 7 cellos, 5 basses)</div><div style="text-align: left;">- chorus</div><p>The score is published by <a href="https://www.boosey.com/" target="_blank">Boosey & Hawkes</a>. The performance should last about 3 hours, including one intermission. The venue is the War Memorial Opera House.<br /></p></div>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0301 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102, États-Unis37.77849 -122.4206737.764920277652088 -122.43783613769531 37.792059722347908 -122.40350386230469tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-50337048115054966402022-09-03T05:00:00.003+02:002022-09-03T05:00:00.169+02:00Today : world première of Jörn Arnecke's Welcome to Paradise Lost in Weimar<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/en/index.php" target="_blank">Nationaltheater Weimar</a> presents the world première of <i>Welcome to Paradise Lost</i>, a new opera composed by <a href="https://www.arnecke.de/" target="_blank">Jörn Arnecke</a> with a libretto by Falk Richter after Farid ud-Din Attar's <i>The Conference of the Birds</i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMVWNVSPSUY7BFRC2SAaBIsjkKnkqzheEqKg_V8tz-koCxgt4yUc8O-HGH8_iSeoRXAJo5_0Q2EQDz3UbUbxjmMYEfiU611IdNXOqrvL9c7gkC0LKtTgbU0iAsJI-pCU93bjzGrYP94Xmif5hCGg2WFczEAF9fAtIIkgP8OkCoQ63yS8CPCRqlBV-/s633/arnecke_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="633" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMVWNVSPSUY7BFRC2SAaBIsjkKnkqzheEqKg_V8tz-koCxgt4yUc8O-HGH8_iSeoRXAJo5_0Q2EQDz3UbUbxjmMYEfiU611IdNXOqrvL9c7gkC0LKtTgbU0iAsJI-pCU93bjzGrYP94Xmif5hCGg2WFczEAF9fAtIIkgP8OkCoQ63yS8CPCRqlBV-/s320/arnecke_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is the composer's 14th work for the stage. His previous operas include <i>Das Fest im Meer</i> (Hamburg, 17 June 2003) <i>Kryos</i> (Bremen, 14 May 2011) <i>Ronja Räubertochter</i> (Duisburg, 26 February 2015) and <i>The Frost Flower Forest</i> (Weimar, 21 May 2019).</p><p></p><blockquote>The humans are visited by a flock of birds that denounce our political, cultural, socio-economic and ecological transgressions. The birds urge humans both to journey toward themselves and to reach a global agreement to finally change the devastating conditions. The libretto takes on the explosive sociopolitical issues of turbo-capitalism, climate change and the destruction of nature : What are we willing to give up ? What are we losing ?<br />It focuses on the confrontation between the current supporters and profiteers of the self-destructive system and the youthful protest movements that radically question their way of life. The spectators become involved in a kind of passion play and make their own pilgrimage through the various rooms of the e-werk Weimar. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.kunstfest-weimar.de/en/home" target="_blank">Kunstfest Weimar website</a>)<br /></blockquote> The cast includes soprano Ylva Sofia Stenberg (Knabe), contralto Noa Frenkel (Ältere Frau), soprano Heike Porstein (Frau 1) contralto Sarah Mehnert (Frau 2), tenor Alexander Günther (Mann 1) and baritone Alik Abdukayumov (Mann 2). Andreas Wolf conducts the Musiktheaterensemble and a choir of fifteen young people. Andrea Moses directs.<br /><p></p><p>The performance should last about 90 minutes. The venue is e-werk Weimar.<br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0e-werk50.985533399999987 11.332270822.675299563821142 -23.8239792 79.295767236178833 46.4885208tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-9853609640525158262022-05-21T05:00:00.003+02:002022-05-21T05:00:00.163+02:00<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.landestheater-linz.at/EN/sitemap/lth" target="_blank">Landestheater Linz</a> presents the world première of <i>Unter dem Gletscher</i> (<i>Under the Glacier</i>), an opera in three parts composed by <a href="https://www.michael-obst.com/" target="_blank">Michael Obst</a>, with a libretto by Hermann Schneider after the novel <i>Kristnihald undir Jökli</i> by Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjPhwNSpnN7fv5kiayfRjjAFu5b-5UFmNaIfs7-GZFj0UUgnS8bUhbZWBM3zluyw_Bqe513mSvpNpQD8_pRtrT1RuJsjqZb5Z0_zaNCP0vQB29IUKwn8slKsmr74YV3r9t8i9vPtZoKNyehJSxlqHJbp3vurbHc5VVA0m2RdaX2b2C3uR8mfAr_EK/s1155/obst_michael.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjPhwNSpnN7fv5kiayfRjjAFu5b-5UFmNaIfs7-GZFj0UUgnS8bUhbZWBM3zluyw_Bqe513mSvpNpQD8_pRtrT1RuJsjqZb5Z0_zaNCP0vQB29IUKwn8slKsmr74YV3r9t8i9vPtZoKNyehJSxlqHJbp3vurbHc5VVA0m2RdaX2b2C3uR8mfAr_EK/s320/obst_michael.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p> It is the composer's fourth opera after <i>Solaris</i> (Munich, December 4, 1996), <i>Caroline</i> (Weimar, July 10, 1999) and <i>Die andere Seite</i> (Würzburg, September 25, 2010).</p><blockquote><p>At the foot of the Snæfell Glacier, a parish priest is neglecting his pastoral duties, so the rumour goes, which leads a young clergyman from Reykjavík to the Icelandic province on behalf of the church authorities. What awaits him there, however, is far more complicated: a priest who would rather repair camping cookers than preach, an immeasurably wealthy and influential big businessman and three shepherds who speak of the miracles of revival and seem to need little reality are only the beginning of a wondrous and enigmatic story about a society between popular belief and modernity. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.landestheater-linz.at/EN/sitemap/lth" target="_blank">Landestheater Linz website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes mezzo Anna Alàs i Jové (Vebi), bass Dominik Nekel (Tumi Jonson), mezzo Vaida Raginskytė (Mutter Jonson), soprano Tina Josephine Jaeger (Fina Jonson), bass Michael Wagner (Sira Jon), soprano Gotho Griesmeier (Ua), tenor Matthäus Schmidlechner (Helgi) and bass baritone Martin Achrainer (Alfberg). Ingmar Beck conducts the Bruckner Orchester Linz. Hermann Schneider directs.</p><p>The performance should last about 3 hours.</p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Promenade 39, 4020 Linz, Autriche48.3037472 14.283821148.303568785165083 14.283552879098512 48.30392561483491 14.28408932090149tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-41336654150814521262022-05-02T05:00:00.002+02:002022-05-02T05:00:00.176+02:00Today : world première of 'Shirine' by Thierry Escaich in Lyon<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.opera-lyon.com/en" target="_blank">Opéra de Lyon</a> presents the world première of <i>Shirine</i>, an opera in 12 scenes composed by French composer <a href="http://www.escaich.org/" target="_blank">Thierry Escaich</a>, with a libretto by Tahiq Rahimi after <i>Khosrow va Chirin</i> by the 12th century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJMTQw1n_-mjzqgRow771ryNhQAxv0ndKc2G2GZP-ue0bz-S2sKNephliJchhAwd90VlnixCZGxfHb75I1ubjlYk-WQ03fEnwFOZBIVo-YB1I-8w8TyfOLldtUd1kRV261CzoJCBQxPY7APMJJLVkDjfy67c_e3f0GrmWaeyJ8eMMS5kX1lybndTP/s721/escaich_thierry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="566" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJMTQw1n_-mjzqgRow771ryNhQAxv0ndKc2G2GZP-ue0bz-S2sKNephliJchhAwd90VlnixCZGxfHb75I1ubjlYk-WQ03fEnwFOZBIVo-YB1I-8w8TyfOLldtUd1kRV261CzoJCBQxPY7APMJJLVkDjfy67c_e3f0GrmWaeyJ8eMMS5kX1lybndTP/s320/escaich_thierry.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p></p><p>It is the composer's third opera after <i>Claude</i> (Lyon, March 27, 2013) and <i>Point d'orgue</i> (Paris, March 5, 2021).</p><blockquote><p>An Armenian princess, very modern in her outlook and a figure of empowerment, falls head over heels in love with Khosrow, and it is this story of impossible love, with all its twists and turns, that is recounted in this world première. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.opera-lyon.com/en" target="_blank">Opéra de Lyon website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes soprano Jeanne Gérard (Shirine), tenor Julien Behr (Khosrow), baritone Jean-Sébastien Bou (Chapour), tenor Stephen Mills (Chiroya), countertenor Théophile Alexandre (Nakissa) and mezzo Majdouline Zerari (Chamira). Franck Ollu conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon. Richard Brunel directs. The performance should last 1hour and 45 minutes. No interval.</p><p>The required orchestra is the following :</p><div style="text-align: left;">- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- timpani, percussions (2 performers), piano, harp ;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- 1 nai pan flute, 1 duduk, 1 qanun.</div><p>The score is published by <a href="https://www.billaudot.com/en/" target="_blank">Billaudot</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com01 Pl. de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France45.7679246 4.836331745.76642781471169 4.8341859327880856 45.769421385288311 4.8384774672119137tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-76420355185780389222022-04-03T05:00:00.001+02:002022-04-03T19:39:24.261+02:00Today : world première of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Stefan Wirth in Zürich<br />
Today, the <a href="https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/" target="_blank">Opernhaus Zürich</a> presents the world première of <i>Girl with a Pearl Earring</i>, an opera composed by <a href="http://www.stefan-wirth.ch/" target="_blank">Stefan Wirth</a> with a libretto in English by Philip Littell based on Tracy Chevalier's novel.<br />
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Griet, daughter of an impoverished family in Delft, is employed in Jan Vermeer’s household as a servant girl. Forced to work hard and bullied by the Vermeer children, when cleaning the artist’s studio she is the only one who gains an insight into the mystery of the artist’s colours, light and perspectives. When Vermeer’s patron, the lecher Pieter van Ruijven, orders a painting of the maid as a portrait study, Griet starts spending more and more time alone with the artist in his studio. Until Vermeer’s wife notices the servant girl wearing her pearl earring… (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/" target="_blank">Zurich Opera House website</a>)</blockquote>
The cast includes soprano Lauren Snouffer (Griet), baritone <a href="https://thomashampson.com/" target="_blank">Thomas Hampson</a> (Jan Vermeer), soprano Laura Aikin (Catharina Vermeer), soprano Liliana Nikiteanu (Maria Thins), baritone Yannick Debus (Pieter) and alto Irène Friedli (Tanneke). Peter Rundel conducts the Philharmonia Zürich. Ted Huffman directs.<br />
<br />Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Falkenstrasse 1, 8008 Zürich, Suisse47.364946476700311 8.546891212463378947.363601976700309 8.5443697124633786 47.366290976700313 8.54941271246338tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-46612251676643967612021-11-02T05:00:00.005+01:002022-04-03T23:03:12.678+02:00Today : world première of 'Les Éclairs' by Philippe Hersant in Paris<p><br /></p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.opera-comique.com/fr" target="_blank">Opéra Comique</a> in Paris presents <i>Les Éclairs</i>, an opera composed by <a href="https://philippehersant.com/" target="_blank">Philippe Hersant</a>, with a libretto by Jean Echenoz after his own novel.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVBcNLMau9M1YSTptY5pX23LqOF_I80BnRzrkqVZD-6T6qj1Uo4Ca3ShVEZNDWyrHIlOUoyV_8pK0hDKShLsV7K6-Z869RohfvohvxaO0-lFLrimFD_3HsQA7YUwN0nTLiluK7ZmoVc61w4PzRQduRs4EUAhHk_jlTYGJXFRC4f3Sn79Dc9K04zjR/s768/Hersant_philippe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVBcNLMau9M1YSTptY5pX23LqOF_I80BnRzrkqVZD-6T6qj1Uo4Ca3ShVEZNDWyrHIlOUoyV_8pK0hDKShLsV7K6-Z869RohfvohvxaO0-lFLrimFD_3HsQA7YUwN0nTLiluK7ZmoVc61w4PzRQduRs4EUAhHk_jlTYGJXFRC4f3Sn79Dc9K04zjR/w356-h320/Hersant_philippe.jpg" width="356" /></a></div> ©Cathy-Bistour <br /><p></p><p>It is the composer's third opera after <i>Le Château des Carpathes</i> (Montpellier, October 27, 1993) and <i>Le Moine noir</i> (Leipzig, May 6, 2006).</p><p></p><blockquote>When he arrives in New York in 1884, Gregor is inhabited by his visions. He wants to develop the uses of electricity in a revolutionary way. But science interests him more than profit. Industrialists loot him and mislead his inventions. He will take refuge in the spectacle of lightning and the company of birds.(freely adapted from the <a href="https://www.opera-comique.com/fr" target="_blank">Opéra Comique website</a>)</blockquote><p></p><p>The cast includes baritone Jean-Christophe Lanièce (Gregor), mezzo Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur (Ethel), tenor François Rougier (Norman), soprano Elsa Benoit (Betty), baritone André Heyboer (Edison) and baritone Jérôme Boutillier (Parker). Ariane Matiakh conducts the Aedes Chorus and the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Clément Hervieu-Léger directs.</p><p>The performance should last 1 hour and 45 minutes, no interval.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com01 Pl. Boieldieu, 75002 Paris, France48.8712032 2.337835748.87049751483238 2.3367628163940428 48.871908885167613 2.3389085836059569tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-54686133520207369342021-09-21T15:52:00.001+02:002021-09-21T15:52:32.226+02:00New programme book in my collection : Copeland's 'Electric Saint' in Weimar<p>
Yesterday, I have received the programme book published by the <a href="https://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/de/index.php" target="_blank">Deutsches Nationaltheater in Weimar</a> for the world première of <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2021/09/today-world-premiere-of-stewart.html" target="_blank">Stewart Copeland's <i>Electric Saint</i></a>.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_BKfiShpwGeCIIjYYENYkoPu_fjROGg9cmsUkPxdZiH0sjI79SoByt_1AHG_kejwa1MdJTlU6wiWxiQiNkSlU9IDGJ3av3PEiE9oJEPMA3K4vp6_lsa_lpIJRt9bdZ7qzwON2yxK-R0/s822/Copeland-ElectricSaint-Weimar-05-09-2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_BKfiShpwGeCIIjYYENYkoPu_fjROGg9cmsUkPxdZiH0sjI79SoByt_1AHG_kejwa1MdJTlU6wiWxiQiNkSlU9IDGJ3av3PEiE9oJEPMA3K4vp6_lsa_lpIJRt9bdZ7qzwON2yxK-R0/s320/Copeland-ElectricSaint-Weimar-05-09-2021.jpg" width="227" /></a></div> <p></p><p>It is a 4 pages brochure. It contains :</p><div style="text-align: left;">- synopsis ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- biographies of composer Stewart Copeland and librettist Jonathan Moore ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- complete cast and crew.</div><p>Attached was a special issue of <i>Die deutsche Bühne</i>, 24 pages entirely dedicated to this new opera.</p><p>I have catalogued all my 2185 programme books on <a href="https://www.librarything.fr/catalog/thepuck/operaprogrammebooks" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Theaterpl. 2, 99423 Weimar, Allemagne50.9796673 11.324744250.979329560129933 11.324207758197021 50.980005039870072 11.325280641802978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-55943671234672026222021-09-14T05:00:00.003+02:002021-09-14T16:45:16.695+02:00Today : world première of Kris Defoort's 'The Time of Our Singing' in Brussels<p>Today, the <a href="https://www.lamonnaie.be/en" target="_blank">Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels</a> presents the world première of <i>The Time of Our Singing</i>, an opera composed by <a href="https://www.krisdefoort.com/" target="_blank">Kris Defoort</a> with a libretto in English by Peter van Kraaij, after Richard Powers' novel.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIH4K52q51tLobTGHhyBftkMZXx8C18baXIcHjHi6LZO_zqxpu1vqo0FZp7TFDzluZ8R30hZzdOCjU7AEGqxKpxpPTX6YSKdVCxRNBzpweZ8nTuHMVih_p5xvKJZXAREIvtqBv52VqKA/s700/Defoort_Kris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="700" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIH4K52q51tLobTGHhyBftkMZXx8C18baXIcHjHi6LZO_zqxpu1vqo0FZp7TFDzluZ8R30hZzdOCjU7AEGqxKpxpPTX6YSKdVCxRNBzpweZ8nTuHMVih_p5xvKJZXAREIvtqBv52VqKA/w422-h286/Defoort_Kris.jpg" width="422" /></a></div> <p></p><p>It is the composer's third opera after <i>The Woman Who Walked Into Doors</i> (Brussels, November 23rd, 2001) and <i>House of the Sleeping Beauties</i> (Brussels, May 8th, 2009).</p><blockquote><p>Black Lives Matter, police brutality, rigged elections : these are themes that have remained at the forefront of current affairs over the past year. The work depicts the life of a mixed-race family that is both united and divided by music, against the backdrop of segregation in the post-war United States. The composer conjures an imaginary space in which official history and personal histories intertwine, in which people come together to weave a narrative, and in which jazz and classical music are enriched by one another. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.lamonnaie.be/en" target="_blank">Monnaie website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes soprano Claron McFadden (Delia Daley), bas baritone Mark S. Doss (William Daley), bass baritone Simon Bailey (David Strom), tenor Levy Sekgapane (Jonah), baritone Peter Brathwaite (Joey) and jazz singer Abigail Abraham (Ruth). Kwamé Ryan conducts the La Monnaie Chamber orchestra, a jazz quartet and La Monnaie's Children's and Youth Choir.</p><p>A recording of the performances will be broadcast by <a href="https://klara.be/" target="_blank">Klara</a> and <a href="https://www.rtbf.be/musiq3/" target="_blank">Musiq3</a> on November 6.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Pl. de la Monnaie 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgique50.8497889 4.353983150.849450215271261 4.3534466581970213 50.850127584728739 4.3545195418029783tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-6611918915447199092021-09-11T05:00:00.003+02:002021-09-14T14:26:49.161+02:00Today : world première of 'Évariste Galois' by Fabien Barcelo in Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux<p>Today, the Festival Soirées Lyriques du Ventoux presents the world première of <i>Évariste Galois, la nuit tragique</i>, an opera composed by Fabien Barcelo with a libretto by Bruno Alberto.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigivRX45p69zRc0QcPpT26_Yexh8YPxCdV7kUNH0VbtmPRUKhi6o2a1EgD6LpwiccNLo_sGnvXFTXXs9Qh3ZU81HQz1qyUpqGOfpvIkqNbbKlJCC9S9IpB2TWmkUGWroLgKsgjkFAaMuk/s875/Barcelo_Fabien.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="875" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigivRX45p69zRc0QcPpT26_Yexh8YPxCdV7kUNH0VbtmPRUKhi6o2a1EgD6LpwiccNLo_sGnvXFTXXs9Qh3ZU81HQz1qyUpqGOfpvIkqNbbKlJCC9S9IpB2TWmkUGWroLgKsgjkFAaMuk/w409-h299/Barcelo_Fabien.jpg" width="409" /></a></div><br />It is the composer's second opera after <i>Ixibab, le dessein des dieux</i> (Aix-en-Provence, May 20, 2017). <p></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Évariste Galois was a romantic genius, a mathematician who died in a duel for love at the age of 20, in 1832. The night before his death he hastily wrote his mathematical testament, which took 15 years to demonstrate his first hypotheses. He is also one of the thinkers of the Revolution of 1830 and 1848. (freely adapted from the <a href="https://www.orchestre-avignon.com/" target="_blank">website of the Orchestre d'Avignon</a>)</p></blockquote><p><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="fr" data-phrase-index="2"><span>The cast includes baritone Mikhael Piccone (</span></span></span>Évariste), soprano Chrystelle Di Marco (Stéphanie), mezzo Lucie Roche (Berthe), tenor Valentin Thill (Antoine), baritone Matthis Jacquot (Pescheux) and baritone François Harismendy (Coachman / Judge). Quentin Hindley conducts the <a href="https://www.orchestre-avignon.com/" target="_blank">Orchestre National Avignon-Provence</a> and the Opera Grand Avignon Chorus.</p><p>The concert performance should last about 90 minutes. The venue is Le jardin Singulier in Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux.</p><p><br /><i></i></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0D40, 84390 Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, France44.2066569 5.283848799999998644.205118796245046 5.2817030327880845 44.208195003754952 5.2859945672119126tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-27448925073932679572021-09-05T05:00:00.003+02:002021-09-09T14:27:07.402+02:00Today : world première of Stewart Copeland's opera 'Electric Saint' in Weimar<p> </p><p> Today, the <a href="https://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/en/index.php" target="_blank">Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar</a> presents the world première of <i>Electric Saint</i>, an opera composed by <a href="https://www.stewartcopeland.net/" target="_blank">Stewart Copeland</a> with a libretto by Jonathan Moore.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UYOzpLDYQmWwtaaGRNUYL8XyDZ4NNGPrTalss7PuVZFD13kmUeFc6bNZnB3ER216cjS-R0RnfCn2Nrdy3y98tJR6vEKbwTny1OqDDFTypovO3j0JgAlikaA-QwFM1qS2zBTMMCNgMH0/s806/copeland_stewart_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="605" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UYOzpLDYQmWwtaaGRNUYL8XyDZ4NNGPrTalss7PuVZFD13kmUeFc6bNZnB3ER216cjS-R0RnfCn2Nrdy3y98tJR6vEKbwTny1OqDDFTypovO3j0JgAlikaA-QwFM1qS2zBTMMCNgMH0/w284-h379/copeland_stewart_2.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is the composer's fourth opera after <i>Tell Tale Heart</i> (London, April 8th, 2011), <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2017/02/today-world-premiere-of-invention-of.html" target="_blank"><i>The Invention of Morel</i> (Chicago, February 18th, 2017</a>) and <i>Satan's Fall</i> (Pittsburgh, February 7th, 2020).</p><blockquote><p>The opera highlights the rivalry between him and his fellow inventor and competitor Thomas Edison, both pioneers of electrical engineering with diametrically opposed life philosophies. These two central figures were like the Bill Gates or Steve Jobs of our times — the one, a radical genius with an eye for details, and the other, a brilliant inventor, clever businessman and self-marketer. Tesla wanted to make his electrical inventions available to everyone for the benefit of humanity, while Edison was more interested in accumulating wealth. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/en/index.php" target="_blank">Deutsches Nationaltheater website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes baritone Richard Morrison (Tesla), tenor Jasper Sung (Robert), soprano Emma Moore (Katharine), baritone Oleksandr Pushniak (JP Morgan), baritone Uwe Schenker-Primus (Edison) and tenor Alexander Günther (Westinghouse). Gregor Bühl conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsches Nationaltheater. Jonathan Moore directs.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Theaterpl. 2, 99423 Weimar, Allemagne50.9796673 11.324744250.978991823895882 11.323671316394043 50.980342776104123 11.325817083605957tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-511604735600164972021-07-20T14:10:00.001+02:002021-07-20T14:10:22.889+02:00New programme book in my collection : 'Paradiese' by Gerd Kühr in Leipzig<p> </p><p>Yesterday, I have received the programme book published by the <a href="https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/" target="_blank">Oper Leipzig</a> for the world première performance of <a href="https://www.gerd-kuehr.at/en/" target="_blank">Gerd Kühr</a>'s <i>Paradiese</i>.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqfpTvcveHXDfwpx0It3FEswgG1n27cLsCQBJYW7D6s3eaaE3fXRshYZKfqB5hJnCSK9ALYFmZHE-x6F5taMET5PhWwFlvJpcJPvGo6MNFl50cU-xP9bWp1gTimOFG45SkrhomiAIa5w/s742/Kuhr-Paradiese-Leipzig-09-07-2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="471" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqfpTvcveHXDfwpx0It3FEswgG1n27cLsCQBJYW7D6s3eaaE3fXRshYZKfqB5hJnCSK9ALYFmZHE-x6F5taMET5PhWwFlvJpcJPvGo6MNFl50cU-xP9bWp1gTimOFG45SkrhomiAIa5w/s320/Kuhr-Paradiese-Leipzig-09-07-2021.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is a 40 pages booklet. It contains :</p><div style="text-align: left;">- synopsis ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- biography of the composer, <a href="https://www.gerd-kuehr.at/en/" target="_blank">Gerd Kühr</a> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- biography of the librettist, Hans-Ulrich Treichel ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- <i>Der Sehnsuchtsmotor rattert</i>, discussion with composer Gerd Kühr, librettist Hans-Ulrich Treichel and director Barbora Horakova ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Wolfgang Kraushaar : <i>1968</i> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Gabriele Gillen : <i>Das Wunder der Liebe, eine kleine Geschichte der sexuellen Revolution</i> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Charles Baudelaire : <i>Die künstlichen Paradiese</i> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Apollodor : <i>Der Mythos von Agaue und Pentheus</i> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Hans-Ulrich Treichel : <i>Berlin - Terra incognita</i> ;</div><p>It contains also 16 pages of colour photos of the production. It is entirely in German.</p><p>I now have 1996 programme books in my collection, including 664 for contemporary operas. I have catalogued my entire collection on <a href="https://www.librarything.fr/catalog.php?tag=op%C3%A9ra+contemporain&view=thepuck" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Augustusplatz 12, 04109 Leipzig, Allemagne51.340442 12.381367151.339101506473213 12.379221332788086 51.341782493526793 12.383512867211914tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-3804226177967560362021-07-09T05:00:00.004+02:002021-07-09T05:00:00.248+02:00Today : world première of Gerd Kühr's 'Paradiese' in Leipzig<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/" target="_blank">Oper Leipzig</a> presents the world première of <i>Paradiese</i>, an opera in four acts composed by <a href="https://www.gerd-kuehr.at/en/" target="_blank">Gerd Kühr</a> with a libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrV-JOiE2qAkBQ6kd5YPV2kr4TaO_CiKuSTazPVau1ctBRKCBrGK0JzXgbldJwhaxuZA-phsD1X_nAbLv6Py9eJEJ49yZJtl6-Ct7R-Mg9m3XgU0n9cIn0p7hccXO-yTL7279FTvQQyWY/s770/Gerd_kuhr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="770" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrV-JOiE2qAkBQ6kd5YPV2kr4TaO_CiKuSTazPVau1ctBRKCBrGK0JzXgbldJwhaxuZA-phsD1X_nAbLv6Py9eJEJ49yZJtl6-Ct7R-Mg9m3XgU0n9cIn0p7hccXO-yTL7279FTvQQyWY/w464-h331/Gerd_kuhr.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is the composer's fourth opera after <i>Stallerhof</i> (Munich, June 3, 1988), <i>Tod und Teufel</i> (Graz, September 17, 1999) and Agleia Federweiß (Deutschlandsberg, October 24, 2001).</p><blockquote><p> This opera tells the initiation story of a young man named Albert, set against the backdrop of a divided Germany. The setting is the city of Berlin. We’re taken on a journey: to West Berlin in the 1970s, to a mythological time on the No-man’s land of the Peacock Island, to the pre-unification theater scene in West Berlin, and to the years after the fall of the Wall. Four female figures represent four the different stages of our jouney: Lise, a political science student; Friederike, a dental student; Marie, an actress; and Anna, a young woman from East Berlin. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/" target="_blank">Oper Leipzig website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes soprano Alina Adamski (Lise), soprano Julia Sophie Wagner (Friederike), mezzo Christiane Döcker (Marie), soprano Magdalena Hinterdobler (Anna) and baritone Mathias Hausmann (Albert). Ulf Schirmer conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Oper Leipzig. Barbora Horakova Joly directs.</p><p>The performance should last about 2 hours. The venue if the Opera House.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Augustusplatz 12, 04109 Leipzig, Allemagne51.340442 12.381367151.339771785199005 12.380294216394043 51.341112214801 12.382439983605957tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-47463852479307905032021-07-03T05:00:00.003+02:002021-07-03T12:09:18.664+02:00Today : world première of Kaija Saariaho's 'Innocence' in Aix-en-Provence<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://festival-aix.com/en" target="_blank">Festival International d'Art Lyrique in Aix-en-Provence</a> presents the world première of <i>Innocence</i>, an opera in five acts composed by <a href="https://saariaho.org/" target="_blank">Kaija Saariaho</a> with an original Finnish libretto by Sofi Oksanen and a multilingual libretto by Aleksi Barrière (Finnish, Czech, Romanian, French and English).</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEZQkHFmok5J7j9fH0rtXoe70Mp46dm_4y44trFEbBv2ygwr4uqeI6U6YxJtIB_rxAVOrg1iIFTXX7vvTiTUv3ryIb1gTH2nYP2yLj_mXKkujJ50rFeIASinSASOaoPEAp-Y1eOsZsrI/s1075/saariaho_innocence_aix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1075" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEZQkHFmok5J7j9fH0rtXoe70Mp46dm_4y44trFEbBv2ygwr4uqeI6U6YxJtIB_rxAVOrg1iIFTXX7vvTiTUv3ryIb1gTH2nYP2yLj_mXKkujJ50rFeIASinSASOaoPEAp-Y1eOsZsrI/w513-h381/saariaho_innocence_aix.jpg" width="513" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is the composer's fifth opera after <i>L'Amour de loin</i> (Salzburg, August 15, 2000), <i>Adriana Mater</i> (Paris, April 3, 2006), <i>Émilie</i> (Lyon, March 1, 2010) and <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2016/03/today-world-premiere-of-kaija-saariahos.html" target="_blank"><i>Only the Sound Remains</i> (Amsterdam, March 15, 2016</a>).</p><blockquote><p>It is a typical wedding for a cosmopolitan city, in present-day Finland. The fiancé is Finnish, the bride Romanian, and the mother-in-law French. But suddenly, during the wedding banquet, the Czech waitress feels ill… Ten years earlier, these characters were struck by a tragic event. Ghosts revive their memories of the trauma, which occurred in a school; there is a guilty haze, a lost innocence. (reproduced from the <a href="https://festival-aix.com/en" target="_blank">Festival d'Aix-en-Provence website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes mezzo Magdalena Kozena (The Waitress Tereza), soprano Lilian Farahani (The Bride Stela), soprano Sandrine Piau (The Mothe-in-Law Patricia), tenor Markus Nykänen (The Bridegroom Tuomas), baritone Tuomas Pursio (The Father-in-Law Henrik) and bass baritone Jukka Rasilainen (The Priest). Susanna Mälkki conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Simon Stone directs.</p><p></p><p>The score is published by <a href="https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/" target="_blank">Chester Music</a>. The required orchestra is the following :</p><div style="text-align: left;">- 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 tuba ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- timpani and 4 percussions ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- harp, piano and celesta ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- strings (14.12.10.8.6).</div><p></p><p>The performance should last 1 hour and 45 minutes.The venue is the Grand Théâtre de Provence.</p><p> </p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0380 Avenue Max Juvénal, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France43.526126800000007 5.440217443.525348902150192 5.4391445163940428 43.526904697849822 5.4412902836059569tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-39633858066997184372021-06-29T05:00:00.003+02:002021-07-03T11:23:31.444+02:00Today : world première of 'Aliénor' by Alain Voirpy in Limoges<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="http://www.operalimoges.fr/fr" target="_blank">Opéra de Limoges</a> presents the world première of <i>Aliénor, Allah i Nour, Queens of Light</i>, an opera composed by <a href="http://www.alainvoirpy.com/" target="_blank">Alain Voirpy</a>.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZV6JLOv7Wy4LDqtmncnYiFcHbepftbszfp89uL0w60NbA6m-5QhEM2JjPJkZaku1Qwj4wY9ceRRrwvJLEbsH_I7bD_ZVGrQ41N6Oivgk83CEBr-fj9rwjBR-0mp_5ENF6hUROJ3nGGTY/s657/voirpy_alain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="657" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZV6JLOv7Wy4LDqtmncnYiFcHbepftbszfp89uL0w60NbA6m-5QhEM2JjPJkZaku1Qwj4wY9ceRRrwvJLEbsH_I7bD_ZVGrQ41N6Oivgk83CEBr-fj9rwjBR-0mp_5ENF6hUROJ3nGGTY/w467-h311/voirpy_alain.jpg" width="467" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is the composer's first opera.</p><blockquote><p>The action takes place at the crossroads of multiple temporal fractures, illustrating the permanence of the fight led by women to defend their legitimate rights: Eleanor, in the Middle Ages, recluse in a castle in England, alone, facing her past, her demons, her guilt, but also the frustrations of the queen, the mother and the Christian, Eleanor still, today a prisoner of a museum in the Middle East, a Western mirage in a world fanaticized by the obscurantism, Eleanor, finally, contemplating in New York the result of 8 centuries of incessant struggles: a freedom which remains to be conquered in the face of a humanity which has forgotten its past to convince us, today, of his sincerity. (freely adapted from the <a href="http://www.operalimoges.fr/fr" target="_blank">Opéra de Limoges website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes soprano Catherine Hunold (Aiénor), baritone Jérôme Boutillier (Richard) and actress Marie Vanhonnacker (Norah). Daniel Kawka conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Opéra de Limoges. Kristian Frédric directs.</p><p>The performance should last 1 hour and 45 minutes.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com048 Rue Jean Jaurès, 87000 Limoges, France45.8322261 1.258558345.83185232975768 1.2580218581970215 45.832599870242319 1.2590947418029785tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-71211050396722090002021-06-27T05:00:00.003+02:002021-06-27T05:00:00.254+02:00Today : world première of Lucia Ronchetti's 'Inferno' in Frankfurt<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://oper-frankfurt.de/en" target="_blank">Oper Frankfurt</a> presents the world première of <a href="http://www.luciaronchetti.com/" target="_blank">Lucia Ronchetti</a>'s <i>Inferno</i>, an opera with a libretto by the composer based on Dante Alighieri's <i>Divina Commedia</i> with an epilogue by Tiziano Scarpa.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sPS9WUChp8dWB2X51IvFL6eTq0zwnUu8yk8H6DxZRlwwkwWUY3olPJTuquxFHdMgZuZB6XQ0x5IgnCqIcHCxzEWyDEmWtUFWSktcS9Fdi7Jj5l06EqvuG1NBfTQhDWWa_2pJIY2__YI/s872/Lucia_ronchetti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="872" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sPS9WUChp8dWB2X51IvFL6eTq0zwnUu8yk8H6DxZRlwwkwWUY3olPJTuquxFHdMgZuZB6XQ0x5IgnCqIcHCxzEWyDEmWtUFWSktcS9Fdi7Jj5l06EqvuG1NBfTQhDWWa_2pJIY2__YI/w505-h288/Lucia_ronchetti.jpg" width="505" /></a></div><br /> Lucia Ronchetti has already composed several works of music theatre, including <i>Neumond</i> (Mannheim, 2012), <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2015/02/today-world-premiere-of-lucia.html" target="_blank"><i>Mise en abyme</i></a> (Dresden, 2015), <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2015/05/may-29th-2015-world-premiere-of-lucia.html" target="_blank"><i>Esame di mezzanotte</i></a> (Mannheim, 2015), <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2017/10/today-world-premiere-of-lucia.html" target="_blank"><i>Rivale</i> </a>(Berlin, 2017) and <i>Les aventures de Pinocchio</i> (Rennes, 2019).<p></p><blockquote><p>A man at rock bottom decides to search for the next world, journeying through Hell. (reproduced from the <a href="https://oper-frankfurt.de/en" target="_blank">Oper Frankfurt website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes actor Sebastian Kuschmann (Dante), mezzo Karolina Makula (Francesca), tenor Alexander Kravets (Ulisse) and bass Alfred Reiter (Lucifero). Tito Ceccherini conducts the Schumann String Quartet, the Opern- und Museumsorchester Frankfurt and a Vocal ensemble. Marcus Lobbes directs.<br /></p><p>The performance should last about 1 hour and 45 minutes with no interval. The venue is the Bockenheimer Depot.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Bockenheimer Depot, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Allemagne50.1207162 8.651894321.810482363821151 -26.504355699999998 78.430950036178842 43.8081443tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-88352625435792581652021-06-23T05:00:00.002+02:002021-06-23T05:00:00.258+02:00Today : world première of 'Les Sauvages' by Guillaume Hazebrouck in Nantes<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.angers-nantes-opera.com/" target="_blank">Angers Nantes Opéra</a> presents the world première of <i>Les Sauvages</i>, an opéra composed by Guillaume Hazebrouck with a libretto by Guillaume Lavenant.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1lI2jfLZfI8kYYi1A10WeoPJA1AgareuNNqk12dDpEtysAhVSpxJU2tDwrUgGCqK038t58wsztOdJ5ljajGewFrUPvpbFvxRTPp_NPDMcau006H0L5rKHMZzVP8WdKavDRgVnEXn6S4/s675/hazebrouck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="675" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1lI2jfLZfI8kYYi1A10WeoPJA1AgareuNNqk12dDpEtysAhVSpxJU2tDwrUgGCqK038t58wsztOdJ5ljajGewFrUPvpbFvxRTPp_NPDMcau006H0L5rKHMZzVP8WdKavDRgVnEXn6S4/w471-h266/hazebrouck.jpg" width="471" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is the composer's first opéra.</p><blockquote><p>A mysterious young woman settles in a park on the outskirts of the "neighbourhood". The "neighbourhood" is where they all live : the children and their gangs, the adults. They all surround the young woman and ask her what she came to do there. Soon, police, town planners, politicians join in : in this place between city and forest, it is necessary to keep control of the territory. But the intruder will shatter habits. (freely adapted from the <a href="https://www.angers-nantes-opera.com/" target="_blank">Angers Nantes Opéra website</a>)<br /></p></blockquote><p>The cast includes singer Laurène Pierre-Magnani (The Savage), soprano Marie-Bénédicte Souquet (Leïla), beatboxer Julien Stella (Zéphyr), slammer Nina Kibuanda (The Mayor) and bass Agustin Perez Escalante (Donato). Rémi Durupt conducts the children choirs of Rosa Parks and Dervallières Chézine school, the Angers Nantes Opéra Chorus and the <a href="https://www.frasques.com/" target="_blank">Frasques Ensemble</a>. Guillaume Gatteau directs.</p><p>The venue is the Théâtre Graslin in Nantes. The performance should last 90 minutes.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Théâtre Graslin, 1 Rue Corneille, 44000 Nantes, France47.2135384 -1.562189947.212809631744463 -1.5632627836059569 47.214267168255532 -1.5611170163940429tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-7548028964499769222021-06-22T11:35:00.000+02:002021-06-22T11:35:04.454+02:00New programme book in my collection : Singularity by Miroslav Srnka in Munich<p> </p><p>Yesterday, I have received the programme book published by the <a href="https://www.staatsoper.de/" target="_blank">Bavarian State Opera</a> for the world première performance of <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2021/06/today-world-premiere-of-singularity-by.html" target="_blank">Miroslav Srnka's <i>Singularity</i></a>.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhZ6z6f2ur5fEyqtCSVcNY3XlW5PRFlxwX2bmR2mZwWCw2AQCKBz_458-9xxFCjB_bp4BA_gjbAjXdAm6gtVBUCnd_njnMh28PRLEeamXUqyjgdnIectfvVxkMzR0-nIaUmhPX75BZOQ/s863/Srnka-Singularity-Munchen-05-06-2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="645" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhZ6z6f2ur5fEyqtCSVcNY3XlW5PRFlxwX2bmR2mZwWCw2AQCKBz_458-9xxFCjB_bp4BA_gjbAjXdAm6gtVBUCnd_njnMh28PRLEeamXUqyjgdnIectfvVxkMzR0-nIaUmhPX75BZOQ/s320/Srnka-Singularity-Munchen-05-06-2021.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is a 112 pages book, It contains :</p><div style="text-align: left;">- complete cast and crew ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- synopsis ;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Ray Kurzweil : <i>Mit dem Nanoroboter unterwegsin die Singularität</i> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Malte Krasting : <i>Auf der Suche nach der beständigen Zeit</i> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- discussion with stage director Nicolas Brieger ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Sören Sarbeck : <i>Die Scham der Singularität</i> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- the complete bilingual libretto (English and German) ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- color photos of rehearsals ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- biographies of the artists.</div><p>I have catalogued all my <a href="https://www.librarything.fr/catalog/thepuck/operaprogrammebooks" target="_blank">1950 opera programme books on LibraryThing</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Unnamed Road, 80539 München, Allemagne48.1419124 11.579745348.140480582447651 11.577599532788087 48.143344217552354 11.581891067211915tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-83811871274802870612021-06-05T05:00:00.004+02:002021-06-05T05:00:00.258+02:00Today : world première of 'Singularity' by Miroslav Srnka in Munich<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.staatsoper.de/en/index.html" target="_blank">Bavarian State Opera in Munich</a> presents the world première of <i>Singularity</i>, a Space Opera for Young Voices, composed by <a href="http://www.srnka.cz/" target="_blank">Miroslav Srnka</a> with a libretto in English by Tom Holloway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG91qioep7dBKTNwnJpxV6C7J5GedggfbJHO4UtzCNIzCn8wCH-r_BdxzHUxBp5-lE8BQrNv3S1RlayA5s9ylZUpCHE0wwyg1g3ZTlNQeIXR59AwAXU3EwiG6cwYg2PbZFJ_k7L_sptzE/s836/srnka_miroslav_2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="836" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG91qioep7dBKTNwnJpxV6C7J5GedggfbJHO4UtzCNIzCn8wCH-r_BdxzHUxBp5-lE8BQrNv3S1RlayA5s9ylZUpCHE0wwyg1g3ZTlNQeIXR59AwAXU3EwiG6cwYg2PbZFJ_k7L_sptzE/s320/srnka_miroslav_2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>It is the composer's fourth opera after <i>Wall</i> (Berlin, 2005), <i>Make No Noise</i> (Munich, 2011) and <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2016/01/today-world-premiere-of-south-pole-by.html" target="_blank"><i>South Pole</i></a> (Munich, 2015).</p><blockquote><p>It is a musical comedy about technical progress and its consequences for human cohabitation. Implantable microchips and nanotechnology open up new communication possibilities, but they make humanity prone to faults in the networked system. So what happens when an update gets out of control ? And what if artificial intelligence becomes superior to human intelligence ? The opera follows the traces of a not-so-improbable science fiction between earth and space, and also brings the comic sides of this theme to the stage. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.staatsoper.de/en/index.html" target="_blank">Bavarian State Opera website</a>)</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes sopranos Eliza Bloom and Juliana Zara, mezzos Daria Proszek and Yajie Zhang, tenors George Virban and Andres Agudelo, baritones Andrew Hamilton and Theodore Platt. Patrick Hahn conducts the Klangforum Wien Orchestra. Nicholas Brieger directs.</p><p>The venue is the Cuvilliés-Theater. The performance should last about 80 mintues. The work is published by <a href="https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/" target="_blank">Bärenreiter</a>.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Allemagne48.1409029 11.580103748.1401869703173 11.579030816394043 48.1416188296827 11.581176583605957tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-35473730456329892292021-05-29T05:00:00.005+02:002021-05-29T05:00:00.270+02:00Today : world première of 'Transito' by Jesus Torres in Madrid<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.teatroreal.es/en" target="_blank">Teatro Real</a> presents the world première of <i>Transito</i>, a chamber opera composed by <a href="http://www.jesustorres.org/site/es/index.php" target="_blank">Jesus Torres</a>, with a libretto by the composer based on Max Aub's play.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDy8AuX7Q2QY-W4cBTstC0HRg7qdLA2dMPYteDUuJiI1cmV_cNURpGbGdsXt6fMWG3ALdaR8Vda-Bf53bVfMno7CEPpK39Q6mts08VRnWk-1Jce_RCBcZlGT_Bjn2SJSe86em0dIdvGM/s900/torres_jesus_transito_madrid_29_05_2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDy8AuX7Q2QY-W4cBTstC0HRg7qdLA2dMPYteDUuJiI1cmV_cNURpGbGdsXt6fMWG3ALdaR8Vda-Bf53bVfMno7CEPpK39Q6mts08VRnWk-1Jce_RCBcZlGT_Bjn2SJSe86em0dIdvGM/s320/torres_jesus_transito_madrid_29_05_2021.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p> It is the composer's first opera.</p><p></p><blockquote>When there were still many ex-combatants and exiled Republicans who held
out hope that the allied forces in the Second World War would put an
end to the Franco regime, Max Aub pre-empted the total standstill of
time with which history would condemn all of these people in a labyrinth
of political and personal divided loyalties, uncertainty and
disappointments. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.teatroreal.es/en" target="_blank">Teatro Real website</a>)</blockquote><p></p><p>The cast includes soprano Maria Miro (Cruz), mezzo Anna Brull (Transito), baritone Issac Galan (Emilio), baritone Javier Franco (Alfredo) and tenor Pablo Garcia-Lopez (Pedro). Jordi Frances conducts the Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid. Eduardo Vasco directs.</p><p>The performance should last 80 minutes. The venue is <a href="https://www.mataderomadrid.org/en" target="_blank">Naves Matadero</a>.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Plaza de Legazpi, 8, 28045 Madrid, Espagne40.3919453 -3.697883399999998912.081711463821158 -38.8541334 68.702179136178842 31.4583666tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-19505246922532214652021-05-21T05:00:00.013+02:002021-05-21T05:00:00.280+02:00 Today : world première of 'Le Soulier de Satin' by Marc-André Dalbavie in Paris<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.operadeparis.fr/en" target="_blank">Opéra national de Paris</a> presents the world première of Marc-André Dalbavie's opera <i>Le Soulier de Satin</i> (<i>The Satin Slipper</i>) with a libretto by Raphaèle Fleury after Paul Claudel's play.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJZsOkS7HG-1dDNRmSna3wHqcH934gTu1P2I2HkxdV3nYsrX_2uw74ohtvZBNusDJNsSjw7fSiETrBPHZBiNF5ESl3eRZwBN3pnDICYhcLtfX13L1F8vVaGMXemlBad3d7aPv7J5OaRU/s300/dalbavie-2-dr-240x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJZsOkS7HG-1dDNRmSna3wHqcH934gTu1P2I2HkxdV3nYsrX_2uw74ohtvZBNusDJNsSjw7fSiETrBPHZBiNF5ESl3eRZwBN3pnDICYhcLtfX13L1F8vVaGMXemlBad3d7aPv7J5OaRU/s0/dalbavie-2-dr-240x300.jpg" /></a></div><br /> It is the composer's third opera after <i>Gesualdo</i> (Zurich, October 9, 2010) and <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2014/07/today-world-premiere-of-marc-andre.html" target="_blank"><i>Charlotte Salomon</i></a> (Salzburg, July 28, 2014).<p></p><blockquote>The subject comes from a Chinese legend about two celestial stars in love who, each year, having travelled far, manage to come within reach of each other without ever being able to come together from the disparate sides of the Milky Way. It is an immense parable which alternates between the sublime, the comic and the disturbing. It is set in a specific era (the Spanish Golden Age) during which humanity experiences its first bout of 'globalization'. Confronting a passionate desire for individual happiness, external imperatives and an aspiration for the universal, the work leads the spectator into a ongoing state hovering between hypnosis and joy. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Opéra national de Paris website</a>)</blockquote><p>The cast includes mezzo Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Dona Prouhèze), bass baritonr Luca Pisaroni (Don Rodrigue de Manacor), baritone Marc Labonnette (Le père Jésuite, Le roi d'Espagne, Saint Denys), tenor Yann Beuron (Don Pélage), bass baritone Nicolas Cavallier (Don Balthazar, Saint Nicolas, Frère Léon), baritone Jean-Sébastien Bou (Don Camille), mezzo Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Dona Isabel, Dona Honoria), tenor Éric Huchet (Saint Boniface, Don Rodilard) and countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic (Saint Jacques, Saint Adlibitum). The composer conducts the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris. Stanislas Nordey directs.</p><p>All performances begin at 2:00 PM and should last about 6 hours, including 2 intermissions. The venue is the Palais Garnier.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Opéra Garnier, 8 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France48.8719343 2.331766648.84935994871126 2.2974343246093749 48.894508651288739 2.3660988753906249tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-35850252645493352822020-10-10T11:31:00.001+02:002020-10-10T11:31:17.830+02:00New programme book in my collection : 'Dark Spring' by Hans Thomalla in Mannheim<p> Yesterday, I have received the programme book published by the <a href="https://www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de/" target="_blank">Nationaltheater Mannheim</a> for the <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2020/09/today-world-premiere-of-dark-spring-by.html" target="_blank">world première performance of <i>Dark Spring</i></a>, a new opera composed by <a href="https://www.hans-thomalla.com/" target="_blank">Hans Thomalla</a> with a libretto by the composer after Frank Wedekind's play <i>Frühlings Erwachen</i>.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_YKqHXWcdpMzESZUCWbEzPsUSqg-IVtPOPS3CbujB3zjw1CZD1bxPPZ-DOAnJgHOEsijqEOShzi03dcansijOIKsjum3a3wZZRJ2vlWQUTWK_HUO6Lx4XIcLfGwoU9tpj9ISzxbdMKs/s819/Thomalla-DarkSpring-Mannheim-11-09-2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="631" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_YKqHXWcdpMzESZUCWbEzPsUSqg-IVtPOPS3CbujB3zjw1CZD1bxPPZ-DOAnJgHOEsijqEOShzi03dcansijOIKsjum3a3wZZRJ2vlWQUTWK_HUO6Lx4XIcLfGwoU9tpj9ISzxbdMKs/w247-h320/Thomalla-DarkSpring-Mannheim-11-09-2020.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is a 72 pages book, entirely in German. It contains :</p><div style="text-align: left;">- the complete cast for the world première performance ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- plot summary ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- a conversation between composer Hans Thomalla, stage director Barbora Horakova and Cordula Dermattio ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- <i>Das Gehabe</i>, an excerpt of Édouard Louis' novel <i>Das Ender von Eddy</i> ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 16 pages of colour photos from the rehearsals ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- the complete libretto in the original English, with a German translation ;</div><div style="text-align: left;">- short biographies of composer, conductor, stage director and sets and costumes designer.</div><p>I have catalogued all my programme books on <a href="http://www.librarything.fr/catalog/&tag=op%C3%A9ra+contemporain" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mozartstraße 9, 68161 Mannheim, Allemagne49.4883193 8.477435449.4869254362971 8.4752896327880851 49.4897131637029 8.4795811672119132tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-43933335982983032032020-10-07T05:00:00.001+02:002020-10-07T05:00:01.035+02:00Today : world première of 'Ritratto' by Willem Jeths in Amsterdam<br />
Today, the <a href="https://www.operaballet.nl/en">Dutch National Opera and Ballet</a> presents the world première of <i>Ritratto</i>, an opera composed by <a href="https://www.willemjeths.com/">Willem Jeths</a> with a libretto by Frank Siera.<br />
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It is the composer's second opera after <i>Hôtel de Pékin - dreams for a dragon queen</i> (Enschede, 2008).<br />
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Luisa Casati Stampa di Soncino (1881–1957) led a life of wealth and extravagance in high-society Paris, Venice and Rome, where she surrounded herself with prominent artists, following her motto: ‘I want to be a living work of art’. She had a turbulent relationship with Gabriele d’Annunzio, Léon Bakst designed exotic dresses for her, and she commissioned countless portraits of herself by artists including Kees van Dongen, Filippo Marinetti, Man Ray, Romaine Brooks and Giovanni Boldini. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.operaballet.nl/en">Dutch National Opera website</a>)</blockquote><p>
The cast includes soprano Verity Wingate (Luisa Casati), mezzo Polly Leech (Romaine Brooks), tenor Paride Cataldo (Gabriele d'Annunzio), baritone Martin Mkhize (Garbi), tenor Gerben van der Werf (Sergei Diaghilev), countertenor Lucas van Lierop (Man Ray) and baritone Dominic Kraemer (Kees van Dongen). Geoffrey Paterson conducts the <a href="https://www.residentieorkest.nl/" target="_blank">Residentie Orkest Den Haag</a>. Marcel Sijm directs.<br />
<br />The performance should last about 90 minutes (no interval). It was supposed to take place on March 13 but was postponed because of the Covid pandemic.</p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Leidseplein 26, 1017 PT Amsterdam, Pays-Bas52.36420111165647 4.881963729858398452.363595111656473 4.8807032298583986 52.364807111656468 4.8832242298583983tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-58397999115481652112020-09-11T05:00:00.004+02:002020-09-11T05:00:07.512+02:00Today : world première of 'Dark Spring' by Hans Thomalla in Mannheim<p> </p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de/de/index.php" target="_blank">Nationaltheater Mannheim</a> presents the world première of <i>Dark Spring</i>, an opera in 11 scenes, composed by <a href="https://www.hans-thomalla.com/" target="_blank">Hans Thomalla</a> with a libretto by the composer based on Frank Wedekind's play <i>Frühlingserwachen</i>.</p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqv15zWU2EpTYXs89c4DIrHzPkGWsT3H_EGcWzWXDtw1-CKL_9HgENFgVXCwDt_wUX1yXt9ykCGOGT9iYcU3bF6Qdb2Sa3jp8DtRixymi_AkNWL4fSAxjCyEpPfeFl6Jv9RRjzLHKXrg/s1250/thomalla_hans_2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1250" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqv15zWU2EpTYXs89c4DIrHzPkGWsT3H_EGcWzWXDtw1-CKL_9HgENFgVXCwDt_wUX1yXt9ykCGOGT9iYcU3bF6Qdb2Sa3jp8DtRixymi_AkNWL4fSAxjCyEpPfeFl6Jv9RRjzLHKXrg/s320/thomalla_hans_2017.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is the composer's third opera, after <i>Fremd</i> (Stuttgart, July 2, 2011) and <a href="http://cowarc.blogspot.com/2016/04/today-world-premiere-of-hans-thomallas.html" target="_blank"><i>Kaspar Hauser</i> (Freiburg, April 9, 2016</a>). Belgian composer Benoît Mernier also adapted the play as an opera (first performed at La Monnaie in Brussels, March 9, 2007).</p><blockquote><p>Dark Spring is an opera about four young people under extreme pressure: the pressure to overachieve academically, to score high in the popularity contests at school or at college, and to perform romantically or sexually. The pressure has become entirely internalized as parents or teachers are absent and the protagonists are left alone with late capitalism’s demands of permanent self-optimization. The conflict between the expectation to succeed on the one hand and the sense of powerlessness and unattainable self-determination in an era of constant stagnation on the other hand grows increasingly acute until it eventually flips into violence: into Melchior’s sexual aggression and Moritz suicide. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de/de/index.php" target="_blank">NTM website</a>).</p></blockquote><p>The cast includes mezzo Shachar Lavi (Wendla), mezzo Anna Hybiner (Ilse), countertenor Magid El-Bushra (Moritz) and tenor Christopher Diffey (Melchior). Alan Pierson conducts the Nationaltheater-Orchester. Barbora Horáková Joly directs.</p><p>The performance should last about 90 minutes. No intermission.</p><p> </p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mozartstraße 9, 68161 Mannheim, Allemagne49.4883193 8.477435449.4869254362971 8.4752896327880851 49.4897131637029 8.4795811672119132tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889873438663692952.post-37072235822993296252020-08-20T05:00:00.003+02:002020-08-20T05:00:07.001+02:00Today : world première of 'Impresario Dotcom' by Ľubica Čekovská in Bregenz<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Today, the <a href="https://bregenzerfestspiele.com/de" target="_blank">Bregenz Fetival</a> presents the world première of <i>Impresario Dotcom</i>, a new opera buffa in four acts composed by <a href="http://cekovskalubica.com/web/en/news/" target="_blank">Ľubica Čekovská</a>, with a libretto in Italian by Laura Olivi based on Carlo Goldoni's comedy.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GzBhHsw_SFwqqYZ5NsURUod-zEJpsGf631FqXwdvx57B5eHh_xEZOp1ryosRJE0tHVwGSRfYNOnrlbfNcGqKpIqgXlBKR6WUu6AHewehUdj9-LCX379VC4wUH741ervlYrdSBEAlURo/s542/Lubica_Cekovska.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="434" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GzBhHsw_SFwqqYZ5NsURUod-zEJpsGf631FqXwdvx57B5eHh_xEZOp1ryosRJE0tHVwGSRfYNOnrlbfNcGqKpIqgXlBKR6WUu6AHewehUdj9-LCX379VC4wUH741ervlYrdSBEAlURo/s0/Lubica_Cekovska.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">It is the composer's third opera after <i>As Time Goes By</i> (collective opera, Hannover, September 29, 2005) and <i>Dorian Gray</i> (Bratislava, November 8, 2013).</div><blockquote><p>Ali, a wealthy merchant from Smyrna, is planning to introduce Italian opera into Turkey and has enlisted the aid of two agents, Count Lasca and Nibio. Ali is attracted to three pretty sopranos, Lucrezia, Tognina and Annina, but their constant bickering over who is to be considered the prima donna and the exorbitant demands of all concerned make him reconsider his plans. He returns to the relative peace of his Smyrna harem, leaving the company a small sum of money, which they decide to spend on launching a theatre. (reproduced from the <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/" target="_blank">bookdepository</a> website)<br /></p></blockquote><p>The cast includes actress Zeynep Buyraç (Dotcom), baritone Christoph Pohl (Conte Lasca), countertenor Hagen Matzeit (Orfeo), soprano Eva Bodorová (Olympia), mezzo Terezia Kružliaková (Carmen), soprano Adriana Kučerová (Violetta) and tenor Simeon Esper (Tamino). Christopher Ward conducts the Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra. Elisabeth Stöppler directs.</p><p>The performance should last about 90 minutes (no interval). The venue is the Festspielhaus.</p><p><br /></p>Mathias LEHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084345098307178694noreply@blogger.com0Platz der Wr. Symphoniker 1, 6900 Bregenz, Autriche47.5046382 9.737286347.498840545735838 9.7287032311523429 47.510435854264166 9.7458693688476554