Leporello - Nr. 8 - April 2012 page 1 Leporello Leporello Leporello Leporello Contemporary Opera Newsletter Nr. 8 April 2012 World Première Performances World Première Performances World Première Performances World Première Performances In April 2012, six new operas will be performed for the first time, in Finland, France and Germany. Suzanne Giraud with Caravaggio and Ludger Vollmer with Border are both looking forward to the world première performance of their fourth opera. Ubu is Sidney Corbett’s eighth opera, since Noach in 2001. The Estonian composer Jüri Reinvere has composed his first opera. Enno Poppe has already composed for the stage, but IQ will be his first opera. Moritz Eggert has already composed several chamber operas and more than ten ‘grand’ operas. more on p. 2 DVD Einojuhani Rautavaara : The Gift of the Magi, ArtHaus, 100 419 with Pia Freund, Jaako Kortekangas, Martti Wallén, Anna-Lisa Jakobson. Television opera based on a short Christmas story. Petri Sakari conducts and Hannu Heikinheimo directs. Recorded in 1997. more on p. 3 Suzanne Giraud : Caravaggio Opera in 4 acts Libretto : Dominique Fernandez after his novel La Course à l’Abîme Metz, Opéra-Théâtre (concert version) April 6, 2012 with Philippe Jaroussky, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Anders Dahlin, Alain Buet, Luc Bertin-Hugault. François-Xavier Roth conducts. The opera describes the singular and violent life of the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in the beginning of the 17th century. It is influenced by the chiaroscuro, the screams and the blood from his paintings. Ludger Vollmer : Border Opera for children Libretto : Stephanie Schiller, after Euripides’ Children of Herakles Köln, Palladium - Bühne 2 April 13, 2012 with Werner Sindemann, Sandra Janke, Gloria Rehm, Charlie Kedmenec, Matias Tosi, Ralf Rachbauer Conducted by Fuad Ibrahimov and directed by Elena Tzavara After the political murder of her father, Macaria and her siblings flee from their homeland. Their goal is to meet in exile an old friend of their father. Macaria falls in love with the friend’s son, but, pursued by their enemies, they have to flee again. The son will follow them, and, out of love, becomes a traitor.
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C o n t e m p o r a r y O p e r a N e w s l e t t e r
Nr. 8 April 2012
World Première PerformancesWorld Première PerformancesWorld Première PerformancesWorld Première Performances
In April 2012, six new operas will be performed for the first time, in Finland, France and Germany. Suzanne Giraud with Caravaggio and Ludger Vollmer with Border are both looking forward to the world première performance of their fourth opera. Ubu is Sidney Corbett’s eighth opera, since Noach in 2001. The Estonian composer Jüri Reinvere has composed his first opera. Enno Poppe has already composed for the stage, but IQ will be his first opera. Moritz Eggert has already composed several chamber operas and more than ten ‘grand’ operas.
more on p. 2
DVD
Einojuhani Rautavaara : The Gift of the Magi, ArtHaus, 100 419 with Pia Freund, Jaako Kortekangas, Martti Wallén, Anna-Lisa Jakobson. Television opera based on a short Christmas story. Petri Sakari conducts and Hannu Heikinheimo directs. Recorded in 1997.
more on p. 3
Suzanne Giraud : Caravaggio Opera in 4 acts Libretto : Dominique Fernandez after his novel La Course à l’Abîme Metz, Opéra-Théâtre (concert version) April 6, 2012
with Philippe Jaroussky, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Anders Dahlin, Alain Buet, Luc Bertin-Hugault. François-Xavier Roth conducts. The opera describes the singular and violent life of the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in the beginning of the 17th century. It is influenced by the chiaroscuro, the screams and the blood from his paintings.
Ludger Vollmer : Border Opera for children Libretto : Stephanie Schiller, after Euripides’ Children of Herakles Köln, Palladium - Bühne 2 April 13, 2012
with Werner Sindemann, Sandra Janke, Gloria Rehm, Charlie Kedmenec, Matias Tosi, Ralf Rachbauer Conducted by Fuad Ibrahimov and directed by Elena Tzavara After the political murder of her father, Macaria and her siblings flee from their homeland. Their goal is to meet in exile an old friend of their father. Macaria falls in love with the friend’s son, but, pursued by their enemies, they have to flee again. The son will follow them, and, out of love, becomes a traitor.
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World Première PerformancesWorld Première PerformancesWorld Première PerformancesWorld Première Performances
Sidney Corbett : Ubu A Grotesque in 5 acts (80’) Libretto : Simone Homem de Mello, after Alfred Jarry Gelsenkirchen, Musiktheater im Revier April 14, 2012
with Michael Dahmen, Almuth Herbst, Irina Simmes and Hongjae Lim. Clemens Jüngling conducts and Alexander von Pfeil directs. In an imaginary Poland in the time of King Venceslav, father and mother Ubu plan to murder of the King and place themselves on the throne. They will bribe the people with gold coins, kill the nobles with the disembraining machine and kill the former King.
Jüri Reinvere : Purge Opera (160’) Libretto : Jüri Reinvere, after Sofi Oksanen’s novel Helsinki, Finnish National Opera April 20, 2012
with Helena Juntunen, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano, Niina Keitel, Jaakko Kortekangas, Tuomas Katajala. Paul Mägi conducts and Tiina Puumalainen directs. The opera will reflect the history of Estonia during Soviet rule through the tragic experiences of the women of one family.
Enno Poppe : IQ Opera in 8 acts Libretto : Marcel Beyer Schwetzingen, Rokokotheater April 27, 2012
with Anna Hauf, Rosemary Hardy, Omar Ebrahim, Katja Kolm, Ernst Surberg. Enno Poppe conducts and Anna Viebrock directs. Based on subjects and IQ testers, the opera describes intelligence in various situations.
Moritz Eggert : All diese Tage Zeitoper in 14 scenes Libretto : Andrea Heuser Bremen, Theater am Goetheplatz April 28, 2012
with Sirin Kilic, Barbara Buffy, Tamara Klivadenko, Christoph Heinrich, Martin Kronthaler, Kejia Xiong. Florian Ziemen conducts and Michael Talke directs. Orchestra : 7 woodwinds, 7 brass, timpani, 2 percussions, harp, accordion, electric guitar and bass, harmonium, sampler, strings The opera deals with the tension between art and everyday life.
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In my collectionIn my collectionIn my collectionIn my collection
Below are listed parts of my collection. There will be more in the next issues. 1) Program books : - Philippe Boesmans : Yvonne, Princesse de Bourgogne, Paris, January 24, 1999 - Hans-Jürgen von Bose : Schlachthof 5, München, July 1, 1996 - Marius Constant : Sade - Teresa, Rouen, November 10, 1996 - Hans Werner Henze : Venus und Adonis, Munich, January 11, 1997 - Philippe Hersant : Le Château des Carpathes, Nancy, November 12, 1997 - Marko Ivanović : Čarokraj (Enchantia), Prague, January 15, 2012 - Guus Janssen : Noach, Amsterdam, January 12, 1999 - Philippe Manoury : 60
e Parallèle, Paris, March 10, 1997
- Enver Yalçin Özdiker : Aufstand, Wuppertal, March 4, 2012 2) Libretto : - André Previn / Philip Littell, A Streetcar Names Desire, New York : G. Schirmer, 1999, 87 p. 3) Full score : - Peter Tahourdin, The Tempest, Sydney : Australian Music Centre, 2000, 366 p. 4) Book : - Alberto Manguel : Un retour - El regreso, Arles : Actes Sud, 2010, 56 p. 4) DVD :
John Corigliano : The Ghosts of Versailles, The Metropolitan Opera, 1135-70132 with Teresa Stratas, Renée Fleming, Marilyn Horne, Graham Clark, Gino Quilico. The world première production of Corigliano’s opera featuring ghosts of Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, as well as Beaumarchais and his characters. James Levine conducts and Colin Grahma directs Recorded in New York in January 1992, less than a month after the first night.
Aulis Sallinen : The Palace, ArtHaus, 102 091 with Veijo Varpio, Jaana Mäntynen, Sauli Tiilikainen, Jorma Silvasti. This opera « describes the collapse of an impervious regime, corrupt to the point of absurdity and governed by an autocrat. » Okko Kamu conducts and Kalle Holmberg directs. Recorded in Savonlinna in 1995, during the first run of performances.
5) CD : Mark Andre : …22,13…, Neos, 11067-68 with Vocalconsort Berlin, and Experimentalstudio des SWR. First performed in Mainz in 2004. This music-theatrical passion relates to a passage from the Bible, ‘I am Alpha and Omega…’ Recorded in Berlin in January 2010. Conducted by Gerhardt Müller-Goldbloom.
Daniel Catan : Florencia en el Amazonas, Albany, Troy 531/32 with Mark S. Doss, Oren Gradus, Ana Maria Martinez, Patricia Schuman First performed in Houston on October 25, 1996. It takes place in turn-of-the-century Colombia on an Amazon riverboat that runs aground during a storm. Recorded during the 2001 revival. Conducted by Patrick Summers. Friedrich Cerha : Der Riese vom Steinfeld, ORF, CD 660 with Thomas Hampson, Diana Damrau, Michelle Breedt, Herwig Pecoraro. First performed in Vienna on June 15, 2002. The libretto is based on the life of Franz Winkelmeier, who died in 1887 at the age of 27. He was 2.59 meters tall. Live recording of the world première. Conducted by Michael Boder.
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Philip Glass : In the Penal Colony, OMM, 0078 with Michael Bennett, Omar Ebrahim. First performed in Seattle on August 31, 2000. Based on Franz Kafka’s novel, it describes an execution of a prisoner for which and up until then, a machine has been routinely used. Recorded in London in November 2010. Conducted by Michael Rafferty.
Bronius Kutavičius : The Bear, Ondine, ODE 1021-2D with Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Vytautas Juozapaitis, Inesa Linaburgytè. First performed in Vilnius on June 25, 2000. Based on Mérimée’s short story, the plot revolves around a young man who is suspected to be half-human half-bear. Recorded in Vilnius in September 2001. Conducted by Martynas Staškus. Michael Nyman : Facing Goya, MN Records, MNRCD 121/122 with Winnie Böwe, Marie Angel, Hilary Summers, Harry Nicoll and Omar Ebrahim. Composed in 2000 and revised in 2002 for the Badische Staatstheater Karlsruhe. The opera is a thriller that follows one woman’s passionate search for the Spanish artist Francisco Goya’s missing skull. Recorded in London in 2001-2002. Thomas Pasatieri : The Seagull, Albany, Troy 579/580 with Raymond Ayers, Amy Gough, Amy Shoremount, Matthew Worth, Keri Behan. First performed in Houston on March 5, 1974. Based on Chekhov’s play, it dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters. Recorded live in New York in December 2002. Conducted by David Gilbert. Laurent Petitgirard : Joseph Merrick dit Elephant Man, Le Chant du Monde, MDC 2781139.40 with Nathalie Stutzmann, Nicolas Rivenq, Robert Breault, Marie Devellereau First performed in Prague on February 7, 2002. The libretto is based on the published biographies of Elephant Man, rather than Dr. Treves’ memoirs. Recorded in Monte-Carlo in May 1999. Conducted by the composer.
Einojuhani Rautavaara :Aleksis Kivi, Ondine, ODE 1000-2D with Jorma Hynninen, Lasse Pöysti, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, Helena Juntunen. First performed in Savonlinna on July 8, 1997. The tormented life of the Finnish writer, from his happy childhood to his schizophrenic days and his death. Recorded in Suolahti in April 2002. Conducted by Markus Lehtinen. Harry Somers : Serinette, Centrediscs, CMCCD 76/7701 with Doug MacNaughton, Alain Coulombe, Marcia Swanston, Sally Dibblee First performed in Sharon on July 7, 1990. The libretto is based on characters and events of Upper Canada in the early 1800s, in a utopian farm community. Recorded in Toronto in 2001. Conducted by Victor Feldbrill.
Oscar Strasnoy : El regreso, Actes Sud, M13/UR/1/1 with Hugo Oliveira, Mariana Rewerski and Ensemle Musicatreize. First performed in Aix-en-Provence in 2010. The libretto is based on Alberto Manguel’s novel. Recorded in 2010. Conducted by Roland Hayrabedian.
