Time
Donald Macleod gives opera a health-check, and finds it to be alive and well in the 21st century. Featuring works by Glanert, Dusapin, Neuwirth and Haas in which time is central.
In conversation with novelist, critic and opera librettist Paul Griffiths, Donald Macleod gives opera a health-check, and finds it to be alive and well in the 21st century. Today they consider works by Detlev Glanert, Pascal Dusapin, Olga Neuwirth and Georg Friedrich Haas in which the element of time is fundamental.
Georg Friedrich Haas
Morgen und Abend: Act 1, excerpt
Klaus Maria Brandauer, actor (Olai)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Michael Boder, conductor
Detlev Glanert
Caligula: Act 2 scene 7, excerpt
Michaela Schuster, soprano (Caesonia)
Jurgita Adamonyte, mezzo (Scipio)
Hans-Jürgen Lazar, tenor (Mucius)
Gregory Frank, baritone (Cherea)
Ashley Holland, baritone (Caligula)
Dietrich Volle, baritone (Mereia)
Martin Wölfel, countertenor (Helicon)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Markus Stenz, conductor
Pascal Dusapin
Perelà - uomo di fumo: Chapter 3
Isabelle Philippe, soprano (Queen)
Gilles Yanetti (Parrot)
John Graham-Hall, ténor aigu (high tenor) (Perelà)
Orchestre National de Montpellier
Alain Altinoglu, conductor
Olga Neuwirth
Lost Highway: Scenes 9 (conclusion) - 10
Vincent Crowly
Constance Hauman
David Moss
Georg Nigl
Andrew Watts
Jodi Melnick
Grayson Millwood
Lukas Rössner
Rodolfo Seas-Araya
Gavin Webber
Kai Wessel
Klangforum Wien
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
Georg Friedrich Haas
Morgen und Abend: conclusion
Christoph Pohl, baritone (Johannes)
Helena Rasker, contralto (Erna)
Sarah Wegener, soprano (Signe)
Will Hartmann, tenor (Peter)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Michael Boder, conductor.
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Georg Friedrich Haas
Morgen und Abend - a boy is being born
Narrator: Klaus-Maria Brandauer. Singer: Christoph Pohl. Singer: Sarah Wegener. Singer: Helena Rasker. Singer: Willy Hartmann. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Michael Boder.![]()
Detlev Glanert
Caligula - Act 2 scene 7, extract
Singer: Michaela Schuster. Singer: Jurgita Adamonyte. Singer: Hans Jurgen Lazar. Singer: Gregory Frank. Singer: Ashley Holland. Singer: Dietrich Volle. Singer: Martin Wolfel. Orchestra: Frankfurt Museum Orchestra. Conductor: Markus Stenz.- GLANERT, DETLEV Caligula..
- OEHMS.
- 8.
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Pascal Dusapin
Perelà - uomo di fumo - chapter 3
Singer: Isabelle Philippe. Singer: Gilles Yanetti. Singer: John Graham Hall. Orchestra: Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.- Dusapin: Perelà - Uoma di fumo (Man of Smoke).
- NAÏVE.
- 8.
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Olga Neuwirth
Lost Highway - Scenes 9 (conclusion)
Performer: Andrew Watts. Singer: David Moss. Singer: Constance Hauman. Singer: Georg Nigl. Singer: Kai Wessel. Conductor: Johannes Kalitzke.- KAIROS : 00125-42KAI.
- KAIROS.
- 11.
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Georg Friedrich Haas
Morgen und Abend - conclusion
Narrator: Klaus-Maria Brandauer. Singer: Christoph Pohl. Singer: Sarah Wegener. Singer: Helena Rasker. Singer: Willy Hartmann. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Michael Boder.
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- Fri 8 Dec 201712:00BBC Radio 3
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