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Jacob's Room

Chamber opera in one act
Libretto by Morton Subotnick
Morton Subotnick’s chamber opera Jacob’s Room is set in the mind of a young man struggling with the loss of family in various worldwide calamities. Jacob tries to forget by turning inward, losing track of everything and everyone around him. He reads, studies and tries to absorb Platonic thought. A woman (the conscience of humanity) appears and forces him to confront his past, the horror and the pain of his loss and his feelings of guilt for having survived. Subotnick draws from multiple literary sources to create a contemporary parable, explicitly leaving out references to a specific time or location. Jacob’s Room is commissioned by Kunst aus der Zeit, Bregenzer Festspiele, and soniq performing arts, Berlin in cooperation with the American Academy, Berlin and supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin.
Edition: Performance material

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Inspired by Phaedrus by Plato, Eleni by Nicholas Gage, The Pit and the Trap by Moshe Kohn, The Little School House by Alicia Partnoy and The Holocaust Kingdom by Alexander Donat and Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf. 

Morton Subotnick’s new chamber opera Jacob’s Room is set in the mind of a young man struggling with the loss of family in various worldwide calamities. Jacob tries to forget by turning inward, losing track of everything and everyone around him. He reads, studies and tries to absorb Platonic thought. A woman (the conscience of humanity) appears and forces him to confront his past, the horror and the pain of his loss and his feelings of guilt for having survived. Subotnick draws from multiple literary sources to create a contemporary parable, explicitly leaving out references to a specific time or location. Jacob’s Room is commissioned by Kunst aus der Zeit, Bregenzer Festspiele, and soniq performing arts, Berlin in cooperation with the American Academy, Berlin and supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin.

Orchestral Cast

keyboard, 4 violoncellos and pre-recorded sounds

Cast

The Guide ∙ soprano - Mother ∙ mezzo-soprano - Jacob ∙ high baritone - Grandfather ∙ bass-baritone

More Information

Title:
Jacob's Room
Chamber opera in one act
Libretto by Morton Subotnick
inspired by "Phaedrus" by Plato, "Eleni" by Nicholas Gage, "The Pit and the Trap" by Moshe Kohn, "The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival" by Alicia Partnoy,
"The Holocaust Kingdom: A Memoir" by Alexander Donat and "Jacob's Room" by Virginia Woolf
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2010
Duration:
75 ′
World Premiere:
August 5, 2010 · Bregenz (A)
Werktstattbühne
Bregenzer Festspiele 2010
Ruth Rosenfeld, Sopran; Katharina von Bülow, Mezzosopran; Florian Just, hoher Bariton; Tom Sol, Bassbariton · Conductor: Ari Benjamin Meyers
Original staging: Mirella Weingarten · Costumes: Mirella Weingarten · Set design: Mirella Weingarten
(scenic)
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the Bregenz Festival - Art of our Times in cooperation with soniq performing arts, Berlin

Technical Details

Product number:
LSMC 50178-01
Delivery rights:
Worldwide

Performances

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  • Jacob's Room
    October 17, 2010 | Berlin (Germany) , Radialsystem V
  • Jacob's Room
    October 16, 2010 | Berlin (Germany) , Radialsystem V
  • Jacob's Room
    Festival TonLagen 2010
    Conductor: Ari Benjamin Meyers
    October 1, 2010 | Dresden (Germany) , Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Hellerau — National Premiere
  • Jacob's Room
    Bregenzer Festspiele 2010
    Conductor: Ari Benjamin Meyers
    August 7, 2010 | Bregenz (Austria) , Werktstattbühne
  • Jacob's Room
    Bregenzer Festspiele 2010
    Conductor: Ari Benjamin Meyers
    August 5, 2010 | Bregenz (Austria) , Werktstattbühne — World Premiere
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