- Intolleranza 1960
"Intolleranza 1960" ("Intolerance 1960") is an
opera byLuigi Nono , the composer's first in the genre. The Italian libretto was written by Nono from an idea byAngelo Maria Ripellino . It premiered at theTeatro la Fenice onApril 13 ,1961 . Nono himself said of this work that it "did mark a beginning for me, but in no sense did it constitute a "tabula rasa" or in response to 'divine inspiration'". [cite journal | url=http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/index/V47M311K33R78K2W.pdf | last=Irvine | first=John | title=Luigi Nono's "Canti di vita e d'amore": new phases of development 1960-62 | journal=Contemporary Music Review | volume=18 | issue=2 | pages=87–109 | date=1999 | accessdate=2007-09-30 | doi=10.1080/07494469900640201] Nono revised the work into a one-act version for a 1974 performance.Hodges, Nicolas, "Record Review" of Luigi Nono's "Intolleranza 1960" and "Prometeo" (July 1996). "Tempo" (New Ser.), 197: pp. 50-51.]Fabrice Fitch has commented that this work has "no plot as such", but rather consists of a series of scenes that illustrate aspects of intolerance.Fitch, Fabrice, "Reviews: Luigi Nono" (CD reviews) (1995). "The Musical Times", 136 (1829): p. 366.]
ynopsis
The action of the opera concerns a refugee, who travels from the south of
Italy looking for work. Along the way, he encounters protests, arrests and torture. He ends up in a concentration camp, where he experiences the gamut of human emotions. He reaches a river, and realises that everywhere is his home.Recording
* Teldec 4509 97304(2): Chorus of the Stuttgart State Opera; Stuttgart State Orchestra; Bernhard Kontarsky, conductor
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