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North American Works Directory Listing
| Composer: |
Elliott Carter
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| Librettist: |
Paul Griffiths
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Daniel Barenboim (Conductor)
Nicholas Brieger (Director)
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| Original Cast: |
Simone Nold (Rose)
Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harry/Larry)
Hilary Summers (Stella)
William Joyner (Zen)
Lynne Dawson (Mama)
Ian Antal (Boy)
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| Premiere Date: |
September 16, 1999
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| Producing Company: |
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
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| Description: |
The opera opens with a car crash involving Mama, her son (the bridegroom), Rose (his bride-to-be), Zen (Mama's former husband), Stella (Zen's girlfriend), and a twelve year-old boy. As the characters regain their speech and come back to life, they struggle to remember who they are, how they are related, and where they had been going. Although they are stranded in a desolate area with little hope of rescue, the adults are too self-absorbed to come together and find a way out of the crisis. They accuse, complain, and even reminisce, but never listen to each other. It takes the child asking the one question that might rescue them all.
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| Character List (Major): |
Rose(lys s)
Mama(dram s)
Stella(cont)
Zen(t)
Harry or Larry(bar)
Kid(boy alto)
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| Reviews: |
The New York Times, Patrick J. Smith, 9-20-99; Opera News, Robert Hilferty, 6-00; transcript from public radio program Fresh Air, 3-22-00 (contact publisher for further information); The Washington Post, Philip Kennicott, 9-17-99; The Times, John Allison, 9-25-98
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| Orchestration: |
2 fl(picc), 2 ob(Eng Hrn), 2 cl(bcl), 2 bsn(dbn) - 2 hrn, 1 tpt, 1 tbn, 1 tba - 4 perc - hp, pf, str(min 4 vln1, 4 vln2, 2 vla, 2 vc, 2 db)
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| Musical Style: |
Comic and whimsical in tone; ranges from edgy and chattering to lyrical; parts reminiscent of Verdi's Falstaff; non-traditional harmony and complex rhythm patterns; contains an orchestral intermezzo
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| Contact: |
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
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| Address: |
229 W 28th Street, Floor 11
New York, NY 10001
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| Phone: |
212-358-5300
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