The Passion of John Adams and Peter Sellars

Andrew Maisel

viernes, 12 de abril de 2013

The Passion of John Adams and Peter Sellars

Londres, sábado, 16 de marzo de 2013.

Barbican Hall. The Gospel According to the Other Mary. Music by John Adams. Libretto by Peter Sellars based on Old and New Testament sources and with texts by Dorothy Day, Louise Edrich, Primo Levi, Rosario Castellanos, June Jordan, Hildegard Von Bingen and Rubén Dario. Peter Sellars, Stage Director. Kelley O’Connor (Mary); Tamara Mumford (Martha); Russell Thomas (Lazarus); Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, and Nathan Medley (countertenors, narrators); Michael Schumacher, Anani Sanouvi, and Troy Ogilvie, dancers. Los Angeles Master Chorale. Grant Gershon, music director. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.

Just over 12 years ago the composer John Adams and librettist/director Peter Sellars worked together on El Niño, a large two hour work which could best be described as part oratorio and part opera. The libretto of this retelling of the Christmas story was lifted from the Bible and other sources, such as the Wakefield Mystery Plays and verses of poetry. In May of last year their latest collaboration, a refashioning of the Easter story with a more contemporary slant, received its premier in Los Angeles.

It was a concert piece then but plans were already afoot to stage a work with such obvious dramatic potential. This European premiere of the work, fully staged, followed on shortly from the LA premiere and was the centrepiece of the conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s 2013 residency with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at London’s Barbican Hall - the…

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