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composer: Chaya Czernowin - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
musical motifs: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Fragments

Commissioned work: Auftragswerk der Salzburger Festspiele
Premiere: August 17, 2006 Salzburg, Landestheater (A) Salzburger Festspiele 2006 · Mojca Erdmann, Sopran; Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor; John Mark Ainsley, Tenor; Johan Reuter, Bariton; Renato Girolami, Bariton; Noa Frenkel, Alt*; Yaron Windmüller, Bariton*; Andreas Fischer, Bass* · Conductor: Ivor Bolton; Johannes Kalitzke* · Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg; Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik* · Staging: Claus Guth · Costumes: Christian Schmidt · Stage design: Christian Schmidt (scenic performance)
Orchestra instrumentation: Zaïde (Mozart): 2 · 2 · 0 · 2 - 2 · 2 · 0 · 0 - P. - Str. - Adama (Czernowin) (zweiter Dirigent erforderlich): 1 (auch Picc. u. Bassfl.) · 0 · 2 (beide auch Es-Klar. u. Bassklar.) · 0 - 0 · 0 · 1 (auch Basspos.) · 0 - S. (2 Spieler) (gr. Shaker · Sandpapierbl. · Rain Stick · gr. Eimer mit Steinen · Holzbl. · Tempelbl. · gr. Tr. · Notenständer mit Sperrholz · Crot. · Marimba. · Ratsche · Kamm · Superball · Tomt. · 2 kl. Tr. · 4 versch. Tr. · 2 Donnerbleche · Holzkiste · gr. Mil. Tr. · Cong. · 2 Plastikflaschen · 2 Guiros · 2 Mar. · hg. Beck. · Ocean Drum · Almgl. · Bong.) - Str. (1 · 0 · 1 · 2 · 2)
Cast of characters: Zaïde (Mozart): Zaïde · Sopran - Gomatz · Tenor - Allazim · Bass - Sultan Soliman · Tenor - Osmin · Bass - 4 Sklaven · 4 Tenöre - Zaram, Oberster der Leibwache · Sprecher - Leibwache · Tenöre, Bässe - Adama (Czernowin): Frau · tiefer Alt - Mann · Bariton - Vater · Bass - 5 gemischte Männerstimmen (alle "Adama"-SängerInnen werden äußerst subtil elektronisch verstärkt)
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 130' 0''
Year of composition: 2004/2005
Language: German - Arabic - Hebrew
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The Magic Flute

In the year 1779 Mozarts ZAIDE posed the question about the possibilities of a dialogue between the Occident and the Orient. This Singspiel is a kind of tragic version of Die Entführung aus dem Serail which has a happy and merciful ending and once again emphatically invokes the spirit of the Enlightenment. ZAIDE was never completed and exists only as a fragment. The overture, the dialogues and the finale are all missing and the outcome of the story remains unclear. The Israeli composer Chaya Czernowin has reacted to this. In her work ADAMA (Hebrew: adama = earth, adam = man, dam = blood) she composes an independent musical sound space and regards the subject from a contemporary perspective. Whereas ZAIDE describes the conflict between the civilisations using the story of a European couple who are in love and who are held in slavery in an alien Oriental country, the situation as described by Chaya Czernowin is intensified, touches on the question of freedom and imprisonment from a different dimension. The lovers themselves speak two languages and encounter each other as foreigners, as a man from Palestine and an Israeli woman. Adama is therefore not the completion of a Mozart fragment and the overall project ZAIDE / ADAMA is not a closed entirety. Through Adama it is much more a matter of trying to find corresponding and contradictory features in an incomplete historical work. The various musical spheres are interwoven and enter a dialogue. This interplay of sound opens up the possibility of hearing each different musical cosmos with purified ears and of perhaps discovering unforeseen common features.

Zaïde / Adama (2006)

Chaya Czernowin

Zaïde / Adama

Mojca Erdmann · Topi Lehtipuu · John Mark Ainsley · Johan Reuter · Renato Girolami · Noa Frenkel · Yaron Windmüller · Andreas Fischer · Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg · oenm - Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik · Ivor Bolton ·Johannes Kalitzke / Staged by Claus Guth · Directed by Andreas Morell / Stereo: PCM / Surround: DTS 5.1 / Subtitles: German, English ,French, Spanish / Picture Format: 16:9 / A production of UNITEL and BFMI in co-production with 3sat and Classica in co-operation with SALZBURG FESTIVAL
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