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Blacher, Boris
Abstrakte Oper Nr.1
(1953/57)Seven scenes
Dauer: 30 Minuten
English
Deutsch
Gesangstext
Idea and text by Werner Egk (G)
Besetzung
1953 version: 0.0.4.bcl.tsax.0-0.4.3.0-timp.perc-pft-db;
1957 version: 0.0.2.bcl.tsax.0-0.2.2.0-timp.perc-pft-db
Abkürzungsverzeichnis (PDF)
Verlag:
B&B
Vertriebsgebiet
Dieses Werk ist erhältlich bei Boosey & Hawkes für Aufführungen in
for the world.
Verfügbarkeit
World Premiere
28/06/1953Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt a.M.
Ensemble: unknown
World stage premiere
17/10/1953Nationaltheater, Mannheim
Ensemble: Nationaltheater Mannheim
Rollen
| Three solo voices | Soprano, Tenor, Baritone |
Zusammenfassung
"In his Abstract Opera, Egk abandons representational art even further. It is an attempt to replace coherent dialogues with the freely combined syllables and sounds of a fantasy language. In an extreme case of 'poésie pure', the word is treated only according to melodic and rhythmic guidelines. Symbolism replaces logic. Every scene expresses a typical situation: love, fear, pain, panic, despair... Intensified by Blacher’s fluctuating music which sublimates the style of jazz by tonal and metrical means, Egk’s libretto successfully creates an X-ray view into the psychic mechanism of opera itself."
H. H. Stuckenschmidt
Stimmung
Dramatic, Poetic
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