SKU: BA.BA04052
ISBN 9790006495702. 33.1 x 26 cm inches. Nicola Francesco Haym.
Handel began the composition of Tamerlano, one of the supreme masterpieces of Baroque opera seria, on 3rd July 1724. The libretto was an adaptation by Nicola Haym of Agostino Piovene's Tamerlano, Tragedia per musica, which had been set to music by Francesco Gasparini, and performed in Venice in 1711. When Handel dated the last page of the autograph on 4rd July the work appeared to be complete; but during the three months which passed before the premiere at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket on 31 October, so many alterations and revisions were made that a fresh performing-score had to be writtern very late in the proceedings, to replace an earlier one which is now 1ost.There were twelve performances between 31 October 1724 and 8 May 1725. Handel revived the opera only once, in 1731, for three performances. For this revival he marked in the performing score a number of cuts in the recitatives, which are reproduced in the present edition; there is more recitative in Tamerlano than in any other Handel opera.
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SKU: BA.BA10709-01
ISBN 9790006550180. 33 x 25.5 cm inches. Text Language: English. Preface: Hans Dieter Clausen.
SKU: SU.91770595
Libretto: Terry Teachout.
Cast: Leslie Crosby (Soprano), A Chinese Woman (Mezzo-Soprano), Geoff Hammond (Tenor), On Chi Seng (Tenor), John Withers (Tenor), Robert Crosbie (Baritone), Howard Joyce (Bass-Baritone) Libretto: Terry Teachout, after the play by W. Somerset Maugham Duration: ca. 90' Study Score: available for sale (#91770590) Vocal Score: available for sale (#91770591) Composed: 2009 Published by: Subito Music Publishing World Premiere: Santa Fe Opera, July 25, 2009.
SKU: SU.91770590
Cast: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, 3 Tenors, Baritone, Bass-Baritone Instrumentation: 2,1 2,1 2,1 2; t-sax; 4340; timp, perc, hp; stgs Duration: ca. 90' Libretti: Terry Teachout, after the play by W. Somerset Maugham Vocal Score: available for sale (#91770591) Libretti: available for sale (#91770595) Composd: 2009 Published by: Subito Music Corporation World Premiere: Santa Fe Opera, July 25, 2009.
SKU: BA.BA04014
ISBN 9790006442935. 33 x 26 cm inches. Text Language: English. Preface: Nott, Kenneth. Text: Thomas Morell.
“Jephtha†is Handel’s last oratorio. Handel had to break off from composing several times because of his increasing blindness in 1751. The first performance at the Covent Garden Theatre in February 1752 was the last performance he conducted before he went completely blind.In “Jephthaâ€, Handel succeeded in achieving the perfect fusion between a biblical plot and the spirit of classical tragedy. With great intensity and dramatic expression he highlighted in particular the fates of Jephtha and Iphis , thereby portraying convincing and complex characters.The chorus “How Dark, O Lord, are Thy Decrees†at the end of part two is of crucial importance in the work and is regarded as the dramatic high point of the oratorio.The vocal score is based on volume I/30 of the “Halle Handel Edition†(BA 4014), which contains the complete critical version of the music of the oratorio for the first time.
SKU: HL.49006204
ISBN 9790001067454. 9.25x12.0x1.015 inches. German - English - Italian - Spanish.
Picc. * 1 * Altfl. * Bengal. Fl. * Inkafl. * Lotosfl. (oder Klar. in A) * 2 Bambusfl. * 1 * Engl. Hr. * 2 Blfl. * 1 * Es-Klar. * Bassklar. * Bassetthr. * 1 * Kfg. - 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 - P. S. (hg. Beck. * Hi-Hat * Tamt. * Gongs * Tamb. * kl. Tr. * Bong. * Trinidad Steel Drum * gr. Tr. * Boo-bams * Log Drums * Marimba * Mar. * Guiro * Matraca * Reibetr. * Woodbl. * Kette * Marimbula [chrom.] * Vibr. * Bassmetallophon * hg. Glasstabe * Shell chimes * versch. Donnerbleche * Handgl. * Dobaci * Kuhgl. * Rohrengl.) - Mand. * Git. * E-Git. * Tenorbanjo * Cel. * Klav. * Akk. * Hammondorg. * Mundharm. * Okarina (oder Blockfl. mit Kontaktmikr.) * Glaserspiel * Glasharfe * Maultr. * Zinnpfeifchen * Rugbypfeife - 4 Verstarker - Str. (1 [auch Va.] * 0 * 1 [auch Vl. u. Va. d'am.] * 1 * 1)Das Instrumentarium ist auf 15 Spieler verteilt.Picc. * 1 * Altfl. * Bengal. Fl. * Inkafl. * Lotosfl. (oder Klar. in A) * 2 Bambusfl. * 1 * Engl. Hr. * 2 Blfl. * 1 * Es-Klar. * Bassklar. * Bassetthr. * 1 * Kfg. - 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 - P. S. (hg. Beck. * Hi-Hat * Tamt. * Gongs * Tamb. * kl. Tr. * Bong. * Trinidad Steel Drum * gr. Tr. * Boo-bams * Log Drums * Marimba * Mar. * Guiro * Matraca * Reibetr. * Woodbl. * Kette * Marimbula [chrom.] * Vibr. * Bassmetallophon * hg. Glasstabe * Shell chimes * versch. Donnerbleche * Handgl. * Dobaci * Kuhgl. * Rohrengl.) - Mand. * Git. * E-Git. * Tenorbanjo * Cel. * Klav. * Akk. * Hammondorg. * Mundharm. * Okarina (oder Blockfl. mit Kontaktmikr.) * Glaserspiel * Glasharfe * Maultr. * Zinnpfeifchen * Rugbypfeife - 4 Verstarker - Str. (1 [auch Va.] * 0 * 1 [auch Vl. u. Va. d'am.] * 1 * 1)Das Instrumentarium ist auf 15 Spieler verteilt.
SKU: BR.DV-6081
ISBN 9790200460032. 9.5 x 12 inches.
Duration: full eveningTranslation: German (W. Ebermann/M. Koerth), Engl. (D. Llyod-Jones), French (M. Delines) Place and time: Partly on the estate, partly in Petersburg, in 20ies of the 19th CenturyCharacters: Larina, Owner of the Estate (mezzo-soprano) - Tatiana (soprano) and Olga (alto), her Daughters - Filipjewna, Wet Nurse (mezzo-soprano/alto) - Eugen Onegin (baritone) - Lenskij (tenor) - Prince Gremin (bass) - A Commander (bass) - Saretzkij (bass) - Triquet, a French Man (tenor) - Guillot, a Valet (silent part) - Country Folk, Ball Guests, Squire, Officers (chorus) - Waltz, mazurka, polonaise and Russian dance (Ballet )There is an interesting parallel between the subject of the opera and Tchaikovsky's life during the year he wrote the work (1877): in each case, a letter provokes fateful developments in the lives of the protagonists. In the opera, Tatyana's love letter to Eugene sets off the tragedy, whereas in real life, the love letter of a pupil led the composer into a marriage, which lasted all of ... three months. Tchaikovsky took this doomed decision without love, solely because the circumstances want it and because I cannot act differently. Certain allusions made, for example, in a letter of January 1878 to Taneyev suggest that the composer's personal situation also flowed into the work: I did not want anything to do with the so-called 'grand opera.' I am looking for an intimate but powerful drama which is built on the conflict of circumstances which I myself have seen and experienced, a conflict which truly moves me. Partly for this reason the composer decided to call the work not an opera but lyrical scenes.Eugene Onegin, conceived by Tchaikovsky for limited resources and a small stage, is the most frequently performed Russian opera today along with Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, which represents a completely contrary aesthetic stance. Tschaikowskys letzte Oper - auf ein Libretto seines Bruders Modest nach der Dramenvorlage des danischen Schriftstellers Henrik Hertz - lebt von den poetischen Momenten und den symbolbeladenen Charakterportrats der Hauptfiguren: Die junge blinde Jolanthe wird von ihrem Vater aus Sorge um ihren Makel und zum Schutz ihrer Jungfraulichkeit und vor den Widrigkeiten der Welt in einen paradiesischen Garten gesperrt. Er befielt zu ihrem Schutz sie um ihre Blindheit unwissend zu lassen. Ein Arzt warnt sehen werde sie nur konnen wenn sie es selbst wolle gleich welche Angste aus der vollstandigen Erkenntnis der Welt erwachsen. Als der junge Vaudemont in ihre Abgeschiedenheit einbricht und sich beide ineinander verlieben befreit er sie von ihrer Unwissenheit erklart was Farbe und Licht bedeuten. Erst die Liebe zu ihm macht sie sehend. Die dunkle Welt der Jolanthe zeichnet Tschaikowsky zu Beginn musikalisch durch eine Introduktion ausschliesslich fur Blaser. Erst mit dem Eintritt in die unbekannte Welt der Liebe und des Sehens verwendet Tschaikowsky einen warmen Streicherklang. Gerade dadurch stiess die Oper wohl bei Zeitgenossen auf Verstorung. Tschaikowskys ,,Jolanthe nimmt in seinem Opernschaffen eine Sonderstellung ein: neben dem glucklichen Ende einer Apotheose des Lichts und der Liebe mit einem religios gepragten Schlusschoral ist es eines der wenigen Buhnenwerke Tschaikowskys ohne Bezug zur russischen Geschichte. Der ausgepragte Lyrismus des Werks verweist stattdessen auf Tschaikowskys Nahe zur franzosischen Kultur die im 19. Jahrhundert einen starken Einfluss auf Russland hatte. Die Oper wurde 1892 am Mariinsky-Theater in Sankt Petersburg als Auftragswerk zusammen mit seinem Ballett ,,Der Nussknacker uraufgefuhrt.Neben der Produktion des Munchner Rundfunkorchesters wurde ,,Jolanthe szenisch erfolgreich bei den Festspielen Baden-Baden mit Anna Netrebko und Piotr Beczala als Liebespaar rehabilitiert. Ausserhalb Deutschlands lief die Opernraritat in Toulouse Tokyo San Sebastian und Monte Carlo. Zuletzt erneut die ,,Suddeutsche Zeitung: ,,Jolanthe ist eine Opernausgrabung die ,,wirklich zu Unrecht vergessen ist. Tchaikovsky's last opera - on a libretto by the composer's brother Modest based on the drama by the Danish author Henrik Hertz - derives its life-blood from its poetic moments and the symbol-laden portraits of the leading characters: the blind young Yolanta is kept prisoner in a paradisiacal garden by her father who fears for her purity and her virginity and seeks to protect her from the adversities of the world. To do so he orders everyone to keep her ignorant of the fact that she is blind. A doctor warns that she will only be able to see when she is ready to do so herself no matter what fears might result from a complete experience of the world. When the young Vaudemont breaks into her secluded world and the two fall in love he frees her from her ignorance and explains the significance of color and light. It is through her love for him that she is finally able to see. At the beginning of the work Tchaikovsky depicts Yolanta's dark world with an introduction scored exclusively for winds. It is not until her discovery of the unknown world of love and sight that Tchaikovsky uses a warm string sound. This is what many of the composer's contemporaries found disturbing about the opera.Tchaikovsky's Yolanta occupies a special place in the composer's operatic oeuvre: for one it has a happy ending an apotheosis of light and love with a religiously stamped closing chorale; for another it is one of Tchaikovsky's few stage works without any reference to Russian history. Instead the work's pronounced lyricism points to the composer's closeness to French culture. which exerted a strong influence on Russia in the 19th century.The opera was given its world premiere at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg in 1892. It had been commissioned along with the ballet The Nutcracker. Next to the production by the Munchner Rundfunkorchester Yolanta was also successfully rehabilitated in a recent staged production at the Baden-Baden Festival with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala as the lovers. Outside of Germany the operatic rarity was performed in Toulouse Tokyo San Sebastian and Monte Carlo.In closing another quote from the Suddeutsche Zeitung: 'Yolanta' is an operatic rediscovery of a work that was truly 'wrongly forgotten'.
