She travels to the coast where she meets a young history professor on the beach. Cocommission salzburg festival, theatre du chatelet and santa fe opera. Finnish composer kaija saariahos breakthrough opera was described by the new. Songs across the sea the affecting story of a troubadour who sends his music across the mediterranean to his lover is only the second opera by a female composer to. Find the metropolitan opera on facebook opens new window find the metropolitan opera on twitter opens new window find the metropolitan opera on instagram opens new window. Dec 18, 2016 a womans distant opera takes the met stage. Daniel belcher, tenor jaufre rudel, ekaterina lekhina, soprano. Contrary to his expectations, a pilgrim arrived from the christian kingdom of outremer, claims that he knows. Notable performances and recordings of 2016 the new yorker.
Dec 10, 2016 fathom events is the home of cinematic experiences that offer high quality, affordable entertainment events broadcast to the big screen. A womans distant opera takes the met stage the washington post. Kaija saariaho by pirkko moisala overdrive rakuten. Robert lepages dazzling new production creates a glimmering sea on the stage of the met through december 29. Subsequently, it has been performed at santa fe opera, paris opera, finnish national opera, english national opera and the canadian opera company, among others. The experience of watching it is a long, dreamlike suspension. This fall, both the metropolitan opera and the new york philharmonic lavished resources on the finnish composers luminous, molten music. Fathom events is the home of cinematic experiences that offer high quality, affordable entertainment events broadcast to the big screen. Kaija saariaho composer buy recordings presto classical.
Robert lepages staging, featuring breathtaking lightscapes by lionel arnould, was more cogent than his ring cycle, garnering only a handful of half. Elle ne veut pas vivre dans lattente et ne veut pas souffrir. Robert lepages dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling led lights stretching across the stage to represent the sea, encapsulates the mystic feeling of lamour. The boyfriend of isabelle has just committed suicide. It features a libretto by the lebanese novelist amin maalouf and premiered at the salzburg festival in 2000. Adobe digital editions this is a free app specially developed for ebooks. Its not the same as adobe reader, which you probably already have on your computer. Audiences get the best seat in the house in the comfort and convenience of their local movie theater for live and prerecorded concerts, worldclass opera, sporting events, comedy acts, original programming featuring the biggest names in radio and. Rudel is sick and tired of his superficial and hedonistic lifestyle and dreams of distant love. Born in finland in 1952, saariaho received her early musical training at the sibelius academy, where her close circle included composer and conductor esapekka salonen. The opera has had numerous international productions and in 2003 it received the grawemeyer award, the most prestigious international award for composition.
Jaufre rudel, prince of blaye, is tired of the life of pleasure led by the young people of his rank. The opera received its world premiere performance on 15 august 2000 at the salzburg festival. Saariaho, i am convinced, is one of the worlds best living composers, and a recording of this quality is truly remarkable for such a new work. His glowing passion for a woman from the east of whom he has only heard is the central theme of the libretto. Ex machina is a multidisciplinary production company under the artistic direction of robert lepage. Saariaho, i am convinced, is one of the worlds best living composers, and a recording of this quality is. Somewhere between a chivalric romance and an eastern legend, this is the story of jaufre rudel, a. Your guide to a met opera milestone what you need to know about kaija saariahos opera, the first by a female composer to be staged at the met in over a century.
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