Heart Chamber

An inquiry about love

Opera in 4 acts and 8 close-ups

Edition: Performance material

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Heart Chamber focuses on the elements of falling in love that expose us to our most intense beauty, but also to our most intense vulnerabilities and insecurities. It is a grand opera on the miniature physical and psychic changes that push two strangers towards or away from each other as they embark on a transformative path, the conclusion of which cannot be envisaged. Two naked souls wrapped in their existential loneliness like a second skin have a chance of a true connection which could outweigh their internal isolation. This chance is euphoric and dangerous to an equal degree: there is so much at stake.

Heart Chamber only features two characters and just a hint of a story – a chain of connected situations, dreams, nodal moments when something opens up or closes down – as the internal mental landscape of the lovers is propelled towards tectonic change. Chaya Czernowin

Orchestral Cast

Instrumentalsolisten: Sopraninosax. · S. (P. [h./t.] · Crot. · Calimba · Marimba · Bong. · 3 kl. Tr. [h./m./t.] · Cong. · gr. Tr. · 2 Guiros [m./t.] · schwenkbare Holz und Metallobjekte · Metallschale · Donnerbl. · Kamm · Mokusho) (1 Spieler) - E-Git. (auch akust. Stahlsaiten-Git.) · Klav. - Kb.

Orchester: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 3 (3. auch Engl. Hr.) · 3 (3. auch Bassklar.) · 3 (3. auch Kfg.) - 6 · 3 · 3 · 1 - S. (3 P. [h./m./t.] · 6 chin. Gongs · 3 Tamt. · 2 Bong. · 3 kl. Tr. [h./m./t.] · Rührtr. · 3 Tomt. · 3 Cong. · 3 gr. Tr. [h./m./t.] · Hihat · Metallschalen · 3 Donnerbl. · 6 Sandbl.) (3 Spieler) - Str. (10 · 8 · 8 · 6 · 6) - Live-Elektronik

Cast

Sopran - Alt - Countertenor - Bariton - hohe Frauenstimme (als Teil der Instrumentalsolisten) - Chor (4S4A4T4B)

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Title:

Heart Chamber

An inquiry about love

Opera in 4 acts and 8 close-ups

Libretto by the composer

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2017 - 2019

Duration:

90 ′

World Premiere:

November 15, 2019 · Berlin (D)
Deutsche Oper
Patrizia Ciofi, Solistin 1; Noa Frenkel, Solistin 2; Dietrich Henschel, Solist 1; Terry Wey, Solist 2, Frauke Aulbert, Stimme; Ensemble Nikel; Uli Fussenegger, Kontrabass · Conductor: Johannes Kalitzke · Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Original staging: Claus Guth · Costumes: Christian Schmidt · Set design: Christian Schmidt
(scenic)

Commissioned work :

Kompostionsauftrag der Deutschen Oper Berlin, gefördert durch die Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung