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The Importance of Being Earnest
Opera in 3 acts based on the text by Oscar Wilde
Libretto prepared by the composer
"When Tom Adès and the Los Angeles Philharmonic asked me for something, I said The Importance of Being Earnest. I've always loved Wilde's ecstatic sense of nonsense - like Alice in Wonderland in a way. Wilde has a dark uncaring humour, a delight in lying - and that's my home. I don't know if it's an Irish thing or not - all I know is, it's all I know.I would say that if you'd never read the play before, and read my remaining third, you wouldn't know anything was missing. It shows how strong Wilde's structure is. The play's bones are unshatterable. My version is an X-ray of it." (Gerald Barry)
Edition: Matériel d'exécution
Détails du produit
Description
When asked what the theme of his play was, Wilde answered “That we should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality". Gerald Barry’s fifth opera based on the play is genuine comic with a dark heart. The previous four have remarkable libretti, but The Importance of Being Earnest, written in 1894, is all but perfect in its construction, and Barry’s audacious approach triumphantly confounds all expectations. As Barry describes it: "The play’s bones are unshatterable. My version is an X-ray of it." The musical references range from Beethoven to Schoenberg, all treated with a reckless panache and impish wit, by turns dazzling, startling and charming the audience.
Orchestral Cast
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Programmation des personnes
John Worthing, tenor - Algernon Moncrieff, bass-baritone - Cecily Cardew, soprano - Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax, mezzo-soprano - Miss Prism, contralto - Lady Bracknell, bass - Lane / Merriman, bass - male chamber choir (tenors and basses) in act 1 only, pre-recorded
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Titre:
The Importance of Being Earnest
Opera in 3 acts based on the text by Oscar Wilde
Libretto prepared by the composer
Langue:
Anglais
Edition:
Matériel d'exécution
Awards:
14 mai 2013
RPS Award for Large-Scale Composition 2013
Maison d'édition:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2009 - 2010
Durée:
90 ′
Première:
7 avril 2011 · Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Gordon Gietz, John Worthing; Joshua Bloom, Algernon Moncrieff; Hila Plitmann, Cecily Cardew; Katalin Karolyi, Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax; Hilary Summers, Miss Prism; Stephen Richardson, Lady Bracknell · Musikalische Leitung: Thomas Adès · Los Angeles Philharmonic
(concert)
17 mars 2013 · Nancy (F)
Opéra national de Lorraine
Musikalische Leitung: Tito Muñoz
Inszenierung: Sam Brown · Kostüme: Anne-Marie Woods · Bühnenbild: Anne-Marie Woods
(scenic)
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Gordon Gietz, John Worthing; Joshua Bloom, Algernon Moncrieff; Hila Plitmann, Cecily Cardew; Katalin Karolyi, Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax; Hilary Summers, Miss Prism; Stephen Richardson, Lady Bracknell · Musikalische Leitung: Thomas Adès · Los Angeles Philharmonic
(concert)
17 mars 2013 · Nancy (F)
Opéra national de Lorraine
Musikalische Leitung: Tito Muñoz
Inszenierung: Sam Brown · Kostüme: Anne-Marie Woods · Bühnenbild: Anne-Marie Woods
(scenic)
Travaux commandés :
Commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director & Barbican Centre, London
Détails techniques
Numéro du produit:
LSL 10280-01
Preview/Media Contents
Audio:
représentations
The Importance of Being Earnest
Chef d'orchestre: Jérôme Kuhn
Orchestre: Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois
24 mai 2019 |
Paris (France) , Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet
20:00
The Importance of Being Earnest
Chef d'orchestre: Jérôme Kuhn
Orchestre: Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois
23 mai 2019 |
Paris (France) , Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet
20:00
The Importance of Being Earnest
Chef d'orchestre: Jérôme Kuhn
Orchestre: Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois
22 mai 2019 |
Paris (France) , Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet
20:00
The Importance of Being Earnest
Chef d'orchestre: Jérôme Kuhn
Orchestre: Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois
16 mai 2019 |
Paris (France) , Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet
20:00
The Importance of Being Earnest
Chef d'orchestre: Jérôme Kuhn
Orchestre: Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois
2 mai 2019 |
Fribourg (Suisse) , Equilibre
20:00
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