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Lunea
Lenau-Szenen in 23 Lebensblättern
Libretto von Händl Klaus nach Texten von Nikolaus Lenau
Edition: Performance material
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Two decades after his opera Schneewittchen (1997–1998), Heinz Holliger has composed his second full-length stage work for the Zurich Opera House. The new opera is based on Lunea, an existing song cycle premiered in 2013 by Christian Gerhaher in Zurich, and its subsequent orchestral version.
The opera Lunea presents the life and character of the Late Romantic poet Nikolaus Lenau with a libretto by Händl Klaus. Rather than follow a linear biographical narrative, it instead depicts the vibrant personality of the poet in 23 aphoristic streams of thought and dream images. Some of Lenau’s texts set by Holliger consist of only a few lines. In their relentless focus on the essential, they become the concentrated emotion that entered the history of ideas as ‘Weltschmerz’. Holliger musically underlines the expressive and disjointed structure of the texts with the solo violin given particular prominence (Lenau also played the violin and guitar).
Lunea is an expression of Holliger’s fascination with artists who developed mental disorders towards the end of their lives, alongside his Violin Concerto ‘Hommage à Louis Soutter’, the Scardanelli-Zyklus dedicated to Friedrich Hölderlin, the Siebengesang on a poem by Georg Trakl and his homage to Robert Schumann, Romancendres. Lenau was admitted to a psychiatric clinic following a stroke in 1844 and was considered mentally ill up to his death in 1850.
The opera Lunea presents the life and character of the Late Romantic poet Nikolaus Lenau with a libretto by Händl Klaus. Rather than follow a linear biographical narrative, it instead depicts the vibrant personality of the poet in 23 aphoristic streams of thought and dream images. Some of Lenau’s texts set by Holliger consist of only a few lines. In their relentless focus on the essential, they become the concentrated emotion that entered the history of ideas as ‘Weltschmerz’. Holliger musically underlines the expressive and disjointed structure of the texts with the solo violin given particular prominence (Lenau also played the violin and guitar).
Lunea is an expression of Holliger’s fascination with artists who developed mental disorders towards the end of their lives, alongside his Violin Concerto ‘Hommage à Louis Soutter’, the Scardanelli-Zyklus dedicated to Friedrich Hölderlin, the Siebengesang on a poem by Georg Trakl and his homage to Robert Schumann, Romancendres. Lenau was admitted to a psychiatric clinic following a stroke in 1844 and was considered mentally ill up to his death in 1850.
Orchestral Cast
2 (auch 2 Picc., 1 Altfl., 1 Bassfl.) · 2 (auch 1 Engl. Hr.) · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · Kb.-Klar. (auch 2. Bassklar.) · 2 (2. auch Kfg.) - 2 · 2 · 2 · 0 - P. S. (Glsp. · Crot. · Vibr. · Marimba · Röhrengl. · Plattengl. · Gongs · Rin · 4 hg. Beck. · Sizzle-Beck. · 3 Tamt. [h./m./t.] · Watergong · kl. Tr. · Rührtr. · gr. Tr. ·
3 Tomt. · 3 Bong. · Holztr. [hoch] ·Hihat · 2-4 Mar. · 2 Messing-Mar. · Guero · 2 Sandbl. · Flex. · Waschbrett · Peitsche · Lotosfl. · Raintree · Metal Chimes · Ratsche · Hammer auf Metall · Geophon (Ocean drum) · Superb. · Sandpapier · Bürste · Plastikdeckel · Backpapier · Papier · hartes Papier · dürres Laub · Ruten · Kettchen · 2 Nadeln) (4 Spieler) - Cimb. · Hfe. · Cel. · Klav. (auch Cel.) - Str. (4 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 [1 od. 2 5-saitig])
3 Tomt. · 3 Bong. · Holztr. [hoch] ·Hihat · 2-4 Mar. · 2 Messing-Mar. · Guero · 2 Sandbl. · Flex. · Waschbrett · Peitsche · Lotosfl. · Raintree · Metal Chimes · Ratsche · Hammer auf Metall · Geophon (Ocean drum) · Superb. · Sandpapier · Bürste · Plastikdeckel · Backpapier · Papier · hartes Papier · dürres Laub · Ruten · Kettchen · 2 Nadeln) (4 Spieler) - Cimb. · Hfe. · Cel. · Klav. (auch Cel.) - Str. (4 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 [1 od. 2 5-saitig])
Cast
Lenau · Bariton - Schurz (auch: Georg) · Bariton - Sophie (auch: Mutter) · Sopran - Marie (auch: Karoline) · Sopran - Therese (auch: Berta, Emilie) · Mezzosopran - Chor (SSSAAATTTBBB)
More Information
Title:
Lunea
Lenau-Szenen in 23 Lebensblättern
Libretto von Händl Klaus nach Texten von Nikolaus Lenau
Language:
German
Edition:
Performance material
Awards:
Sep 27, 2018
Critic's Choice Award of the Opernwelt Magazine, 2018
World Premiere of the Year
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2010 - 2013 (2017)
Duration:
90 ′
World Premiere:
March 4, 2018 · Zürich (CH)
Opernhaus
Christian Gerhaher, Lenau; Juliane Banse; Ivan Ludlow; Sarah Maria Sun; Annette Schönmüller · Conductor: Heinz Holliger · Philharmonia Zürich · Basler Madrigalisten · Choir director: Raphael Immoos
Original staging: Andreas Homoki · Costumes: Klaus Bruns · Set design: Frank Philipp Schlössmann
Opernhaus
Christian Gerhaher, Lenau; Juliane Banse; Ivan Ludlow; Sarah Maria Sun; Annette Schönmüller · Conductor: Heinz Holliger · Philharmonia Zürich · Basler Madrigalisten · Choir director: Raphael Immoos
Original staging: Andreas Homoki · Costumes: Klaus Bruns · Set design: Frank Philipp Schlössmann
Commissioned work :
Auftragswerk der Opernhaus Zürich AG mit finanzieller Unterstützung durch die FONDATION SUISA
Technical Details
Product number:
LS 5832-01
Performances
Lunea
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich
March 25, 2018 |
Zürich (Switzerland) , Opernhaus
14:00
Lunea
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich
March 23, 2018 |
Zürich (Switzerland) , Opernhaus
19:00
Lunea
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich
March 18, 2018 |
Zürich (Switzerland) , Opernhaus
20:00
Lunea
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich
March 15, 2018 |
Zürich (Switzerland) , Opernhaus
19:00
Lunea
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich
March 13, 2018 |
Zürich (Switzerland) , Opernhaus
19:30
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