MARTHINSEN - MASON
OPERA Pietro Mascagni
Kærlighed og Forræderi (Love and Treachery) (1997) Opera. Libretto (Danish) by Stig Dalager.
Born 7 December 1863, Livorno, Italy; died 2 August 1945, Rome, Italy
Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) (1890) Opera in one act. Libretto (Italian) by G. Menasci and G. Targioni-Tozzetti after G. Verga’s drama.
Duration: 70’ Cast: 2Mz, T, Bar, B Orch: vn, 2tbn, 2perc, pf
After the Wall came down, Elisabeth in East Berlin is sad about the wane of the Communist ideals she used to share with her husband Peter. She visits Hannah in West Berlin, but discovers that Peter and Hannah are lovers and even expect a child. Elisabeth’s father turns up, a former Nazi officer, rejected by his daughter. These events mean the unveiling of repressed experiences and betrayed ideals – their masks fall and their loneliness increases. The father kills himself, Hannah goes away and the married couple are left behind: Will they be able to restore their love?
Translation available: English Duration: 75’ Orch: 2+pic222/4231/timp.perc/2hp.org/str; in wings: hp
In a small Sicilian village, Santuzza discovers that Turiddu, whose child she is bearing, has left her for Lola. Turiddu and Lola were lovers years before but now Lola is married to Alfio, the village drover. Santuzza pleads with Turiddu to return to her and when he refuses she tells Alfio of his wife’s affair. Alfio, furious and determined to protect his honour, challenges Turiddu to a dual and kills him.
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Publisher: Heugel/G. Schirmer, Inc. Orchestral material available for France only. G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Joseph Machlis for this work Vocal score (Italian and English) and libretto (Italian and English) for sale
Kongen af Himmelby (The King of Utopiaville) (2009) Opera in one act. Libretto (Danish) by Georg Metz Duration: 50’ Cast: Bar, female actor; 2 singing musicians; SATB chorus Orch: bcl.bn.tbn.perc.db
Benedict Mason
The Mayor of Utopiaville is on holiday on the tropical island, Honga-Tonga. His dream is to make the world one big Utopiaville – where no one pays taxes and everything is for free. Furthermore the Mayor has found the fountain of eternal life: expensive red vines. The Queen of Honga-Tonga falls in love with the handsome and virile mayor. His plan for transforming the poor tropical island into a timeshare paradise excites everyone. But everything is not what it seems.
Born 21 June 1955, London, UK
ChaplinOperas (1988) Operatic Filmspiel. Duration: 75’ Cast: Mz, B-Bar Orch: fl(pic,afl).ob(ca,obda).cl(Ebcl,bcl).sx(ssx,asx,tsx,cbcl)/ hn.tpt(pictpt,cnt,flg).tbn(slide tpt).tba/2perc(inc E-max sampler)/ hp/2kbd(inc DX72FD)/ebass/str6tet
Combines three early Chaplin shorts: Easy Street, The Immigrant and The Adventurer. With considerable depth and brilliance, the composer creates accompanying scores for each film that go far beyond the standard musical treatment that is put to silent cinema. The multilayering, including voicing, is not only witty and quicksilver but is also full of literary, historic and cultural allusions that both illustrate and subvert the visual images.
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Skriftestolen (The Confessional) (2006) Opera in two acts. Libretto (Danish) by Kerstin Klein-Perski derived from short story by Christian Winther (1796-1876). Duration: 125’ Cast: 2S, Boy S, Mz, A, 2T, 2Bar, 2B Orch: 3(2pic).3(2ca).3(Ebcl.2bcl).3(2cbn)/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/syn/str
Publisher: Chester Music Ltd.
In Andalusia, Gabi has married Miguel, a Spanish count, and now lives with him and his mother, the countess dowager. Gabi’s father ruined her life by being unfaithful to Gabi’s mother and by trying to bring up Gabi to be a ruthless egoist, but she has chosen love and passion. But Miguel has only married Gabi to satisfy the demands of the family and the church. By overhearing his confession Gabi discovers that Miguel is having an affair with Julian, the American architect who is renovating the city’s cathedral. The young count is only interested in the renovation of the cathedral. The countess dowager understands that Gabi is a potential new head of the family and persuades her to stay. Gabi seizes control in her own way: She murders the architect – her twisted past has taken control of her.
Playing Away (1994, rev. 2007) Opera in two acts. Libretto (English) by Howard Brenton. Duration: 100’ Cast: 2S, T, Bar, B; 19 subsidiary roles; chorus; 8 male dancers Orch: 2121/2221/3perc/2syn/egtr.bgtr/str
It’s the European Cup Final. ‘United’, the champions of England, are visiting Munich for the second and deciding leg of the competition. Their star player, Terry Bond, is also fast approaching the decider on his personal odyssey. Ten years ago he was promised a decade at the top, but his Faustian pact is now reaching its day of reckoning. His wife, the American pop star La Lola and his girlfriend, Cynthia, are both in Munich for the showdown. But who is the Great Referee?
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Snehvides Spejl (Snow White’s Mirror) (2011) Dramatic Opera in two acts Libretto (Danish) by Eva Littauer
Publisher: Chester Music Ltd.
Duration: 110’ Cast: S, Mz, 2T, Bar, B; SATB chorus Orch: 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/str
Snow White’s Mirror is a dramatic opera written for the Danish National Opera. The opera is a modern re-telling of the brothers Grimm’s fairy tale for grown-ups: Snow White is a self-centered teenage narcissist and the villain of the opera; she ends up loosing everyone but herself, either because she kills them, or because they decide they can’t stand being around her anymore. But apparently she’s o.k. with that... The music is intended for a large audience: it’s basically pop music done with all the craftsmanship of a classical composer who’s equally at home with large-scale symphonic form, avant-garde technique, opera singing – and modern pop. Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen 71
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