The First Biennial New Opera Days Ostrava (NODO)
publikováno: 21.5.2012
THE FIRST BIENNIAL NEW
OPERA DAYS OSTRAVA (NODO)
JUNE 24-26, 2012
In partnership with
Wuppertaler Bühnen
World Premiere of
František Chaloupka's Eva and Lilith
Czech Premiere of John
Cage's Europera 5
Salvatore Sciarrino’s Infinito
nero and La porta della legge
From Sunday, June 24 to Tuesday, June 26, the first biennial New Opera Days Ostrava (NODO) will take
place in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The program will feature the Czech Premiere
of John Cage's last opera, Europera 5; the revival of Italian composer Salvatore
Sciarrino's masterpieces La porta della legge, and
Infinito Nero, and the World Premiere
of Czech composer František
Chaloupka's Eva and Lilith -- a new opera
commissioned by the Ostrava Center for New Music (OCNM). Produced and organized by OCNM in collaboration
with the Opera House of the National Moravian-Silesian Theater, NODO will take
place at the Antonín Dvořák Theater (the Ostrava opera house), and the Jiří
Myron Theater (the main venue for dramatic theatre and light opera in Ostrava).
SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 7:30 p.m.
Dvořák Theater, Ostrava
John
Cage: Europera 5
Andrew
Culver, Director
Martha
Herr, Katalin Károlyi, Sopranos; Alexandr Starý, Piano
MONDAY, JUNE 25, 7:30 p.m.
The Jiří Myron Theatre, Ostrava
Salvatore
Sciarrino: Infinito nero
Katalin
Károlyi, Soprano; Petr Kotík, Conductor; Ostravská banda
Jiří
Nekvasil, David Bazika, Stage Directors
František
Chaloupka: Eva and Lilith (a NODO commission)
Lucie
Vítková, Lucie Páchová, Voice; Dunami Ensemble
Jiří
Nekvasil, David Bazika, Stage Directors
TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 7:30 p.m.
Dvořák Theater, Ostrava
Salvatore
Sciarrino: La porta della legge in cooperation with
Wuppertaler Bühnen
Petr
Kotík, Conductor; Johannes Weigand, Director;
Gerson
Sales, Countertenor; John Janssen, Baritone; Martin Js. Ohu, Bass; Ostravská
banda
Jürgen
Lier, Scene and Costumes
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
John Cage's Europera 5 (1991) will be
directed by the composer's former assistant, Andrew Culver. The singers
will include the American soprano Martha Herr, who performed the premiere,
staged by Cage on May 21, 1991 in Amsterdam. Europera 5 was
the composer’s last and most portable opera. It is a collage scored for two
singers, each singing five arias of their own choosing from the standard opera
repertoire; a pianist playing six different opera transcriptions; a Victrola
player playing six historical opera recordings; a performer playing a
pre-recorded tape; a radio and a silent television.
Ecstasy is the subject of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Infinito nero (Black
Infinity), a half hour-long monodrama for
voice and eight instruments. The work is based on the vision of a 16th Century
mystic, Saint Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi (1566-1067). It will be sung
by the mezzo-soprano Katalin Károlyi, for whom Györgi Ligeti composed his
last pieces, Sippal, dobbal, and nadihegedüvel.
Salvatore Sciarrino’s La porta della legge (2009)
was originally commissioned by the Wuppertal Opera. For this Czech premiere
production, OCNM is collaborating with Wuppertal, using the singers and staging
from the world premiere performance. The libretto of the opera is based on an
excerpt from “The Trial” by Franz Kafka. Ostravská banda, under the direction
of Petr Kotik, will perform both pieces by Sciarrino.
František Chaloupka will introduce his new
opera Eva and Lilith, which will be fully staged by Ostrava Opera
House under the direction of Jiří Nekvasil and David Bazika. It
will be performed by Mr. Chaloupka’s group, the Dunami Ensemble.
Tickets 140,- CZK
Festival Pass 300,- CZK
For more information and to make press reservation,
please contact:
Radka Dalová, cell phone: +420 733 706 010, e-mail: info@newmusicostrava.cz.
NODO Festival is made possible by the generous support
from the City of Ostrava, Petr Kajnar, Mayor, Zdeněk Bakala Foundation,
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, ČEZ Foundation, Czech-German Fund
for the Future, Moravian-Silesian Region, USA Embassy in Prague, Moravská
Ostrava and Přívoz Borough, Život umělce Foundation, Student Agency, Rengl.
Media partners include Czech Radio Ostrava, Czech Radio 3 – Vltava, Host
Magazine, HIS Voice magazine, Harmonie magazine, Respekt weekly, Hudební život
magazine
