Samlande föreställningsnamn

Tre operor om kärlek - med bibliska motiv

Operakategori

Vadstena-Akademiens beställningsverk

Uruppförande år

1997

Tonsättare

McQueen, Ian

Librettist

Bergkwist, Iwar

Kompositionsår

1987

Kort verkbeskrivning (sk "nötskal")

(BILDTEXT) Om Judith (Stina Tornberg) som så älskar sitt folk att hon är beredd att mörda Holofernes (Greger Erdös), som hon kommit att älska, för dess befrielse. 1993 sattes operan, med musik av skotten Ian McQueen, upp med stor framgång i London, på en studioscen till English National Opera, under namnet "Line of Terror".

Presscitat

"McQueens music was high voltage stuff " Opera News, New York, E.T. 1987 “ totally authentic operatic delights ... cries out to be performed now in this country…Somehow a Maxwell Davis-ish style has acquired the flexibility to be Straussian or even Puccinian on occasion, and the ecstatic top Ds of the soprano part (Judith – gloriously taken by Stina Tornberg – are conventional and totally authentic operatic delights.” Paul Driver, Financial Times, 21 juli 1987 “This was an immediate success for the 33-year-old composer… The first British performance of this exciting new piece is eagerly awaited; all praise to Vadstena for commissioning it” Rodney Milnes, Opera London 1987 “Taken by terror... here we have been, Venturing and Studioing away... while there was a born opera composer beavering away abroad just waiting to be "discovered". Wake up, everyone... Line of Terror says something in a refreshingly non-didactic way about terrorism, mainly through a chorus as volatile and unreliable as the one in Turandot...The piece is expertly structured and paced, bustling along yet punctuated with big-boned lyrical outbursts. These are extremely rewarding to sing... And while there is always something interesting going on in the nine-piece orchestra, it seldom covers the voices: the words come through consistently. Such basic operatic skills are rare, and much to be treasured." Rodney Milnes, The Times 1993 ”Librettist Iwar Bergkwist equips the heroine with some last-minute hesitation and compassion, thereby making room for a lullaby before the assassination. McQueen’s music, involving a sort of leitmotiv technique, with faint echoes of his teachers Peter Maxwell Davies and Per Nörgard, was brought to life by the gifted soprano, baritone, countertenor (a renegade soldier) and a hardworking chorus and orchestra under Stefan Dässman.” Eva Redvall, Opera News, 2 januari 1988

Innehåll

A96:1 sista sidan saknas. A96:6-7 ej kompl. A97:1 V, Vc, Double bass, Fl, Tr in C, Fg, Hp, Synth. A97:2 V, Vc, Double bass, Fl, Tr in C, Fg, Hp.

Partitur

A96:1-7

Stämmor

A97:1-2

Körpartitur

A96:8

Status på materialet

God kvalitet.

Anmärkning

God kvalitet.

Tillgangligt material i notarkivet

Tillgängligt material: Partitur. Körpartitur. Ork.stämmor: V, Vc, Double bass, Fl, Tr in C, Fg, Hp, Synth.

Libretto samt annat tillgangligt kringmaterial

Libretti Pärm 1985-1987 Libretto Iwar Bergkwist, programblads-i-stick, 2 exemplar Libretto Iwar Bergkwist, 2 exemplar Libretto med ändringar, 2 exemplar

Rollista

Mikael Bellini kontratenor Kior, soldat Greger Erdös baryton Holofernes Stina Tornberg sopran Judith Motala Motettkör Susanne Edlund, Gunnel Frisk, Ann Jansson, Madeleine Jeseäter, Berit Johansson, Elisabeth Karlsson, Linnea Pettersson, Karin Wall, Camilla Wellborg, Marie Wisén Sopran, Ingela Adolfsson, Gunne Andersson, Carin Danielsson, Anna Maria Harder, Anette Hättström, Annica Lindar, Cecilia Nilsson Alt, Niklas Dahlström, Torgny Holmberg, Sten Pettersson, Hans Stolpe, Jan-Ebbe Svenssont Tenor, Sven-Gunnar Dahlqvist, Nils Hilding, Niilo Nikku, Staffan Sjöstrand, Svante Stensson bas

Dirigent/Musikalisk ledare

Stefan Dässman

Musikalisk instudering

Örjan Näsbom

Regissör

Nils Spangenberg

Scenograf

Robin Karlsson

Kulisser

Scensnickare Tom Jokinen, Scentekniker Johan Mansfeldt

Kostymdesign

Robin Karlsson

Mask	Robin Karlsson, Christina Niklasson

Ljussättare

Michael Joyce

Ljustekniker

Ljustekniker Kai Piipo

Inspicient/Scenmästare

Erik Stålberg

Konstnärlig ledare

Per-Erik Öhrn

--	Kansli-, scentekniker Karin Johansson, Margot Lande, Terese Lindström, Kassör Gunnar Lande Administrativ ledning Astrid Lande, Repetitör Murdo Morgan