Futari Shizuka

Name: Futari Shizuka
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 359471
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The Maiden from the Sea

Opera in 1 act

Edition: Performance material

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For Toshio Hosokawa's latest opera, Oriza Hirata has written a libretto based on the Noh play Futari Shizuka [The Two Shizukas]. In this work, the departed spirit of Shizuka Gozen, or Lady Shizuka, possesses the body and soul of a young beautiful refugee girl who made it to the Mediterranean Sea, and sings her sorrow for wars and hateful disputes.

This opera is sung in both English and Japanese. Futari Shizuka was conceived as a companion to Hosokawa's monodrama The Raven and can be programmed alongside it to create a full evening of opera.

Orchestral Cast

1(pic&bfl).1(ca).2(2.bcl).1(cbsn)-2.1.1.1-3perc(I: 3sus cym, tam-t, b.d; II: gong, tam-t, 2wdbl, 4furin, anti cym, water; III: vib, gong, bng(2 pairs), 4fruin, 4rins on timp, anti cym, water)-pno(cel), hp-str(3vn.2va.2vc.db)

Cast

Helen · soprano - Shizu · Noh singer and dancer

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Title:

Futari Shizuka

The Maiden from the Sea

Opera in 1 act

Original text by Oriza Hirata, based on the Noh play "Futari Shizuka"

Language:

Japanese, English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2017

Duration:

45 ′

World Premiere:

December 1, 2017 · Paris (F)
Cité de la musique, Philharmonie
Kerstin Avemo, soprano; Ryoko Aoki, Nō singer and dancer · Conductor: Matthias Pintscher · Ensemble intercontemporain

(concert)

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by Ensemble Intercontemporain

Keywords:

#ghost / spirit #chamber opera #war #mediterranean sea #one act #japan #noh theater #european refugee crisis #dance