John Adams, Kaija Saariaho Bake-off In Vienna?
John Adams's new one act opera, to a libretto based upon Krishnaswami Ramanujan, entitled A Flowering Tree -- to be directed by Peter Sellars -- will premiere in Vienna at the New Crowned Hope Festival, on November 14, 2006.
Kaija Saariaho's new opera based upon the life of French philosopher Simone Weil, to a libretto by Amin Maalouf and entitled La Passion de Simone -- also directed by Peter Sellers -- will premiere in Vienna less than two weeks later on November 26, 2006. The new Maalouf - Saariaho opera will feature Dawn Upshaw.
These operas are being co-produced by the Barbican in London, Lincoln Center, in New York City, the Berlin Philharmonie, and other producing organizations.
Source: http://www.newcrownedhope.org via the MET's OperaNews Online
Partial Destruction of the Vienna Opera House, 1945
Photo credit: www.richardstrauss.at
Kaija Saariaho's new opera based upon the life of French philosopher Simone Weil, to a libretto by Amin Maalouf and entitled La Passion de Simone -- also directed by Peter Sellers -- will premiere in Vienna less than two weeks later on November 26, 2006. The new Maalouf - Saariaho opera will feature Dawn Upshaw.
These operas are being co-produced by the Barbican in London, Lincoln Center, in New York City, the Berlin Philharmonie, and other producing organizations.
Source: http://www.newcrownedhope.org via the MET's OperaNews Online
Partial Destruction of the Vienna Opera House, 1945
Photo credit: www.richardstrauss.at
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