Saturday, May 19, 2012

Opera Walk, 2001-Present

2000

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Classical music

  • Thomas Adès – Piano Quintet, op. 20
  • John Coolidge Adams – El Niño (opera-oratorio)
  • John Luther Adams – The Light That Fills the World, for orchestra
  • Julian Anderson – Alhambra Suite, for chamber orchestra
    • Little Goes a Long Way, for violin and piano
    • Pantuns, for soprano and piano
  • Leonardo Balada – Music for Flute and Orchestra
  • Chen Yi – KC Capriccio, for wind ensemble and mixed choir
    • Bad Lands Gold, for tuba and piano
    • Concerto for oboe and orchestra
    • Dark Matter, for brass ensemble
    • Elysium IV, for orchestra
    • Four Frames in a Row, for high voice and baroque ensemble
    • The Healing of Saul, for violin and harp (or piano)
    • Several Charms, for violin and piano
    • Symphony No. 7
    • Symphony No. 8 Antarctica
  • Peter Eötvös – Paris–Dakar, for ensemble
    • Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg
    • Sonata for viola and piano
  • Stefano Gervasoni – Rigirio
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 1, for orchestra
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 2, for string quartet
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 3, for string quartet
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 4, for keyboard instrument
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 5, for keyboard instrument
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 6, for string quartet
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 7, for four-part mixed choir (or string quartet, or trumpet, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon)
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 8, for keyboard instrument
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 9, for 4 trumpets
    • Alles komt terug 2, for three-part choir
    • Alles komt terug 3, for SSATB choir
    • Alles komt terug 4, for carillon
    • Alles komt terug 5, for keyboard instrument
    • Benadering van de kern, for keyboard instrument
    • Muziek voor toetsenbord 2, for piano
    • Toetsing, for keyboard instrument
    • Tirol Concerto, for piano and orchestra
    • Concerto Fantasy, for two timpanists and orchestra
    • Piano Quintet, op. 69
    • Suite, for two pianos, op. 70
  • Karl Jenkins – Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot
  • Nigel Keay – Viola concerto ([1])
  • Meyer Kupferman – Icon Symphony
    • Estudio, for four marimbas
    • Mater dolorosa, for organ
    • Tres Miniaturas, for guitar,
  • György Ligeti – Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel
    • Corrente – China Version
    • Jubilees, for piano
  • James MacMillan – Mass, for choir and organ
  • Mesías Maiguashca – El Tiempo, for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, 2 percussionists, and electronics
  • Tomás Marco – América (cantata)
  • Donald Martino – Romanza, for violin solo
    • In Concert, for ten instruments
    • Still, for piano
  • Bayan Northcott – Alma Redemptoris Mater, for three tenors, op. 7, no. 2
  • Gérard Pape – Tantric Transformations, eight-channel electronic music and digital video
    • Anneaux du soleil, for piano
    • Navigations, for harp
    • Seize Paysages planétaires, ethno-electroacoustical music
    • Auf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
    • Concerto (Dithyrambe), for string quartet and orchestra
    • Deus passus (Passions-Stücke nach Lukas), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra
    • … fleuve V (omnia tempus habent), for mezzo-soprano, baritone, distant ensemble (2 trumpets, 3 percussion), and large orchestra
    • Frage, for coloratura soprano, English horn, A-clarinet (+ bass clarinet), harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
    • Im Anfang, for large orchestra
    • In Frage, for English horn, bass clarinet, harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
    • Rilke: Vier Gedichte, for tenor and piano
    • Stilles Stück (text by Hermann Lenz), for baritone and 2 string quartets
    • Vers une symphonie fleuve IV, for large orchestra
    • Vier Male (Stücke), for A-clarinet
  • Peter Ruzicka – Traces, for clarinet and orchestra
    • Djilile, for string quartet
    • From the River, for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
    • Harbour Dreaming, for piano (originally titled Between Five Bells)
    • New Norcia, for brass and percussion
    • Parting, for viola and piano
    • Quamby, for chamber orchestra
    • Reef Singing, for clarinet and piano
    • Saibai, for unison voices and drums
    • Song for a Penny, for solo piano (shorter and longer versions)
    • Tailitnama Song, for viola and piano, or viola solo
    • Three Shakespeare Songs, for voice and piano (Text: William Shakespeare)
  • Roger Smalley – String Quartet No. 2
    • Blockartig, for three recorders (TTB)
    • Constelación (Nueva Suite Modal) [Constellation (New Modal Suite)], five pieces for flute and clarinet
    • de capa caída, tango for two pianos
    • Utopía caminante [Walking Utopia], for trombone and cello
    • Viejo Fueye Deconstruido [Old, deconstructed bag (bellows)], postmodern tango for tenor saxophone, bandoneon, double bass, and piano
  • John Tavener – Song of the Cosmos
    • Fourth String Quartet
    • Cyclops 2000, for twenty players

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2007

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  • Lera Auerbach – Symphony No. 1 "Chimera"
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
    • Fantasy Suite
  • Nigel Hess – Piano Concerto
  • Claude Ledoux - Canto a due for Bb clarinet and cello
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen –
    • Balance, for flute, English horn, and bass clarinet
    • Glück (Bliss), for oboe, English horn, and bassoon
    • Hoffnung (Hope), for violin, viola, and cello
    • Glanz (Brilliance), for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and viola
    • Treue (Fidelity), for E-flat clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet
    • Erwachen (Awakening), for soprano saxophone, trumpet, and cello
  • Man-Ching Donald Yu - Nebula for Organ and Chamber Orchestra

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  • Karlheinz Stockhausen –
    • Havona, for bass voice and electronic music
    • Orvonton, for baritone and electronic music
    • Uversa, for basset-horn and electronic music
    • Nebadon, for horn and electronic music
    • Jerusem, for tenor and electronic music
    • Urantia, for soprano and electronic music
    • Edentia, for soprano saxophone and electronic music
    • Paradies (Paradise), for flute and electronic music

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  • Martin Bresnick – Joaquin is Dreaming
  • Elliott Carter
    • Concerto for flute and orchestra
    • Duetto for violin and cello (first of the Due Duetti)
    • Tinntinabulation, for percussion sextet
    • Wind Rose, for wind ensemble
  • Joël-François Durand – Le Tombeau de Rameau, for flute, viola and harp
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • Freedom Variations
    • 2 Agosto. Prima variazione (from Quatro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri)
    • Tourists and Oracles

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DateOperaComposerTheatre
18 JanuaryThe Child DreamsGil ShohatIsraeli Opera
26 FebruaryVinkensport, or The Finch OperaDavid T. LittleRichard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
1 MarchÉmilieKaija SaariahoOpéra National de Lyon
12 MarchBlissBrett DeanSydney Opera House
3 MarchKnight CrewJulian PhilipsGlyndebourne
17 AprilShadowboxerFrank ProtoUniversity of Maryland School of Music, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
30 AprilMoby-DickJake HeggieDallas Opera
7 MayQueen of KnivesEric SternInterstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon
8 MayAmeliaDaron HagenSeattle Opera
13 JuneThe Golden TicketPeter AshOpera Theatre of Saint Louis
24 JulyLife is a DreamLewis SpratlanSanta Fe Opera
7 AugustSonya's StoryNeal ThorntonRiverside Studios, London
10 September’u’Eef van BreenTheater Zeebelt, The Hague
25 SeptemberGisela!Hans Werner HenzeMaschinenhalle Zeche Zweckel, Gladbeck, Germany
8 OctoberPecan SummerDeborah CheethamWestSide Performing Arts Centre, Mooroopna, Australia

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2011
The year 2011 was a very interesting one for opera. Atonal music still dominates the contemporary scene but there were a few surprises:  a Lorenzo Ferrero that almost sounds like Verdi, and a delightful opera pastiche that combines the music of Handel, Vivaldi and Rameau plus the plots of the Tempest and the Midsummer's Night Dream - The Enchanted Island. The British composers are exploring contemporary themes like murder and the Internet, Facebook and the late Anna Nicole. Damon Albarn almost crosses the line into pop music between the Gorillaz and his new opera Doctor Dee. We will start with a very interesting mise-en-scene, an excerpt from the premiere of Stockhausen's opera Sonntag aus Licht. Beautiful to watch!


Here is the line-up from Wiki Music for the year 2011: 
DateOperaComposerTheatre
17 FebruaryAnna NicoleMark-Anthony TurnageRoyal Opera House
Watch an excerpt on YouTube 
18 MarchKommilitonen!Peter Maxwell DaviesRoyal Academy of Music
Watch an excerpt on YouTube 
26 MarchRisorgimento!Lorenzo FerreroTeatro Comunale Modena[1]
Watch an excerpt on You Tube
Almost sounds like Verdi!
9 & 10 AprilSonntag aus LichtKarlheinz StockhausenStaatenhaus of the Kölner Messe (auspices of the Cologne Opera)
9 JuneRockland the OperaJukka LinkolaNivala Ice Arena, Finland
Watch an excerpt on YouTube
24 JuneTwo BoysNico MuhlyEnglish National Opera
Watch Trailer
1 JulyDoctor DeeDamon AlbarnPalace Theatre, Manchester, 2011 Manchester International Festival
Songs from opera:  
• Tree of Beauty (on YouTube)
• Apple carts
• Gorillaz Plastic beach
30 JulyMansfield ParkJonathan DoveBoughton House
Watch Preview on YouTube
15 OctoberOne Night StandOlli KortekangasHelsinki Music Centre
Couldn't find anything. Here is choral work he did with a children's choir in Washington DC: Three Studies (on YouTube)
1 NovemberHeart of DarknessTarik O'ReganLinbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House. No example of opera found online. Here is a choral work by the composer: Gratias Tibi
31 DecemberThe Enchanted IslandHandel, Vivaldi, RameauMetropolitan Opera

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The Enchanted Island
The Enchanted Island is a pasticcio (pastiche) of music by various baroque composers, including George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Jean-Philippe Rameau, devised and written by Jeremy Sams after The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. It was premiered by the Metropolitan Opera on December 31, 2011.

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The Enchanted Island: Act I - David Daniels


he Enchanted Island: Act II - Joyce DiDonato

The Enchanted Island: Act II - Danielle De Niese

Below is a synopsis of the opera that I copied from the Metropolitan Opera website:(www.metoperafamily.org)


Synopsis

The Enchanted Island

Act I
Prospero, exiled Duke of Milan, lives on a remote island with his daughter Miranda, surrounded by his books, potions, and instruments of magic. Prospero had at first taken up with the sorceress Sycorax, who ruled the island. But having loved her, he left her, banishing her to the dark side of the island, stealing her sprite servant Ariel and enslaving her son Caliban.
Our story begins some 16 years later, as an aging Prospero conceives a final plan to ensure Miranda’s future happiness and end his exile. He divines that a ship is passing nearby bearing the King of Naples and Prince Ferdinand, whom Prospero has destined for Miranda. Prospero commands Ariel to perform a spell that will cause a storm and shipwreck the royals on the island. In return, he promises Ariel his freedom.
Caliban, who has overheard their conversation, rushes to tell Sycorax. Sensing that Prospero is vulnerable, Sycorax tells Caliban to steal a vial of dragon’s blood from Prospero’s cell, which she will use to restore her enfeebled powers so she and Caliban can regain control of the island.
Prospero finds Miranda troubled by dreams and unfamiliar emotions. Meanwhile, Caliban steals the vial, vowing that he will rule the island with Miranda as his queen. He substitutes another vial of worthless lizard’s blood, which Ariel mistakenly uses for the Tempest Spell—with catastrophic consequences: Two pairs of honeymooning lovers—Helena and Demetrius, Hermia and Lysander—are shipwrecked and separately cast ashore on the island.
Prospero now commands Ariel to find Prince Ferdinand and cast a spell on him to ensure that Ferdinand and Miranda will fall in love immediately. But the first man Ariel sees is Demetrius, not Ferdinand. Ariel dutifully casts the spell on him and leads him to Miranda. The two fall in love, much to Prospero’s fury.
Meanwhile, Lysander has come ashore, cursing Neptune for, he thinks, washing his beloved Hermia out to sea. Ariel wrongly assumes that he has finally found Ferdinand and casts the spell to make Miranda and Lysander fall in love—much to Demetrius’s fury.
On the other side of the island, an exhausted Helena arrives, observed by Sycorax, who decides she will give Helena to Caliban as his queen instead of Miranda, the daughter of her enemy. Using the stolen vial, Sycorax conjures a spell to make Helena fall in love with Caliban—much to his delight—and hopes the spell is strong enough to last.
Ariel, having cast a spell on the wrong man twice, realizes that the true Ferdinand must still be somewhere out at sea. He decides to go to the very top—and calls upon Neptune for help. The sea god appears, furious that a human, Lysander, has been cursing him and angry that Ariel has disturbed his peace. Ariel begs Neptune to find Ferdinand, and Neptune finally agrees to scour the seas.
Prospero observes the chaos he has wrought—lovers mismatched, Ariel frantic, Caliban running wild, and Ferdinand nowhere in sight. He despairs of ever achieving his dream.

Act II
Hermia awakens from a nightmare, only to realize that her dream was all too true: Her new husband Lysander was swept away from her in the storm. She runs off to find him and discovers him doting on Miranda—with no memory of his wife.
Sycorax, meanwhile, exults in her revived powers and the certainty that she will soon have her revenge on Prospero and regain control of the island for her son.
Hermia is reunited with Helena. Helena’s memory and emotions have been stirred by the sight of Demetrius, despite the fact that he is with Miranda and fails to recognize her. Hermia and Helena bemoan the fickleness of men. Helena then takes off after Demetrius, spurning Caliban, who is crushed. Caliban rushes to Sycorax for consolation, but she explains that hearts that love can always be broken.
Caliban, in his fury, steals a magic book from Prospero’s cell and conjures a dream of himself as a potentate of the world, attended by loving subjects. When his fantasy spins out of control and the creatures turn on him, Prospero intervenes and disperses them.
Meanwhile, Neptune has found Ferdinand’s ship and sent it racing toward the island. Ferdinand looks toward his future. Like Miranda, he has been dreaming of an elusive someone.
Ariel sets about putting matters to rights, leading the five mismatched lovers through a forest maze until they fall asleep side by side. Ariel ensures through his magic that, when they awaken, the lovers are paired with their proper and previous mates. The five make their way to the shore to see Ferdinand and the king arrive, greeted by Prospero. Ferdinand reads the pardon ending Prospero’s exile. When he sees Miranda, he falls in love instantly, deeply and forever—no spell required.
Sycorax enters and challenges Prospero. When he rebuffs her, Neptune appears and takes her part, berating Prospero for victimizing others as he himself was once victimized. Ashamed, Prospero begs forgiveness of Sycorax and gives the island back to her and her son. Neptune extols the virtues of mercy and Sycorax grants Prospero forgiveness. All join to celebrate a new day of joy, peace, and love.
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DateOperaComposerTheatre
9 FebruaryThelmaSamuel Coleridge-TaylorSurrey Opera, Ashcroft Theatre, London

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In 2012, we see the premiere of an opera that was reportedly "lost" and never performed: Thelma by black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912). Although I couldn't find any samples online, here is Lena Horne singing "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" by the same composer.

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