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2-3 Tage
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An opera in 3 acts
An Opera in 3 acts
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Détails du produit
Description
Music of iron and bronze, appropriate to its Trojan War setting—of fanfares and percussion tattoos, but with plangent windows of orchestral and vocal beauty—Tippett’s second opera is unlike his first in every respect except that of the immediacy and fullness with which it portrays the feelings and predicaments of a variety of characters. We understand the warmth and anxiety of Andromache, the majestic command of Hecuba and the erotic charge that runs through Helen—the Trojan women who come together at the start of the third act, and who double as the goddesses among whom Paris has to choose at the end of the first. We understand, too, the varieties of blindness and determination inside the male characters who dominate the central act, set on the Trojan plain. Chief among them are Achilles, singing with the vehemence but also the tenderness of a hero, and the troubled Priam, whose tragedy this essentially is, a tragedy multiplied many times over, because it brings about those of so many others.
That central, determining tragedy results from Priam’s decision to sacrifice his young son Paris and thereby go against his instincts, a decision he takes to forestall a prophesy that Paris will bring about his death. Everything that takes place thereafter unfolds on this battleground between necessity and desire, a battleground on which there can be no conquerors, only casualties.
(Paul Griffiths)
Orchestral Cast
2 (2pic).1.ca.1.Ebcl.bcl.1.cbn-4.4.2.1-timp.3perc (sn.dr., b.d, cym., wbl., tamb., tri., tam-tam, xyl.)-hp.pno (cel).gtr-str (6.4.4.2 min)
Programmation des personnes
Priam, King of Troy · bass baritone - Hecuba, his wife · dramatic soprano - Hector, their eldest son · baritone - Andromache, Hector's wife · lyric dramatic soprano - Paris, Priam's second son · boy soprano/tenor - Helen, wife to Menelaus, then wife in adultery to Paris · mezzo soprano - Achilles, a Greek hero · heroic tenor - Patroclus, his friend · light baritone - Nurse · mezzo soprano - Old man · bass - Young Guard · lyric tenor - Hermes, a messenger of the Gods · high light tenor - Chorus of Hunters, Wedding guests, Serving Women, etc. (SATB)
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Titre:
An opera in 3 acts
An Opera in 3 acts
Langue:
Allemand, Anglais
Edition:
Réduction pour piano
Maison d'édition:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
1958 - 1961
Durée:
125 ′
Série:
Détails techniques
Numéro du produit:
ED 10787
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-0496-1
Poid:
1,25 kg
Pages :
392
Obligatoire :
Couverture souple
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