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Gerald Barry (Compositeur) | Gerald Barry (Librettiste)

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

Série: The Importance of Being Earnest

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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)

Travaux commandés :

Commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director & Barbican Centre, London

Série:

The Importance of Being Earnest

Détails techniques

Numéro du produit:

LSL 10280-01

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