Aging magician is a composite of sonic and visual elements that paints an allegory on time, youth, and the peculiar magic of ordinary life, and, perhaps, the ordinary magic of a peculiar life. Before she saw the production of this opera, production by peter sellars, saariaho never really thought about composing an opera. The idea of impossible love was central to the explosion of poetry in europe in the 12th. Born in finland in 1952, saariaho received her early musical training at the sibelius academy, where her close circle included composer and conductor esapekka salonen. Gerald finley dawn upshaw monica groop orchestra and chorus of the finnish national opera esapekka salonen directed by peter sellars.
Fathom events is the home of cinematic experiences that offer high quality, affordable entertainment events broadcast to the big screen. Matthew reeder, university of illinois at urbanachampaign. Somewhere between a chivalric romance and an eastern legend, this is the story of jaufre rudel, a. Although the spectacular new staging by daniele finzi pasca with sets by jean rabasse and costume design by kevin pollard was prominent in the telling, and highly lavish in aspect. Audiences get the best seat in the house in the comfort and convenience of their local movie theater for live and prerecorded concerts, worldclass opera, sporting events, comedy acts, original programming featuring the biggest names in radio and. Dec 11, 2016 lucie ceralova mezzosoprano andreas schmidt. It features a libretto by the lebanese novelist amin maalouf and premiered at the salzburg festival in 2000. First woman composer in a century at the metropolitan opera. Dec 10, 2016 fathom events is the home of cinematic experiences that offer high quality, affordable entertainment events broadcast to the big screen. Find the metropolitan opera on facebook opens new window find the metropolitan opera on twitter opens new window find the metropolitan opera on instagram opens new window. The opera received its world premiere performance on 15 august 2000 at the salzburg festival. Share robert lepages dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling led lights stretching across the stage to. Pdf some features of libretto and musical composition in l.
Musicology now american musicological societys blog, 15 june 2016. Additional productions have been staged at theater bern, switzerland and future performances will. Mar 15, 2019 documents similar to birtwistle silbury air. The opera has had numerous international productions and in 2003 it received the grawemeyer award, the most prestigious international award for composition. Click here to download kaija saariahos biography as a pdf file clich here to download kaija saariahos short biography as a pdf file this is a profound, important work. Discover everything scribd has to offer, including books and audiobooks from major publishers. Kaija saariaho has been making a stellar reputation for herself as a force in contemporary music thanks in part to the advocacy of her old school chum esapekka salonen. Short ride in a fast machine 184 william grant still. Finnish composer kaija saariaho is widely recognised as one of the worlds leading contemporary composers. On thursday evening at the met opera, audience members bore witness to a true gesamtkunstwerk as narrative, visuals and sound successfully came together in the. Her research at the institute for research and coordination in acousticsmusic ircam marked a turning point in her music away from strict serialism. Saariaho, i am convinced, is one of the worlds best living composers, and a recording of this quality is truly remarkable for such a new work.
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