- Prometeo
"Prometeo" ("Prometheus") is an
opera , described as a "Tragedia dell'Ascolto" ("Tragedy for listening") with music byLuigi Nono . The Italian libretto was byMassimo Cacciari , taking selections from texts by a variety of authors, includingAeschylus andRainer Maria Rilke . It premiered at the Church of San Lorenzo (Venice ) onSeptember 25 ,1984 .Claudio Abbado was the conductor, with theChamber Orchestra of Europe , a choir from theFreiburg Conservatorium, and the following vocal soloists: [Spangemacher, Friedrich, "First Performances: Nono's "Prometeo" (December 1984). "Tempo" (New Ser.), 151: pp. 51-52.]
* Ingrid Ade
* Monika Bair-Ivenz
* Bernadette Manca di Nissa
* Susanne Otto
* Mario BolognesiThe score incorporates electronic manipulation of the sounds from the vocalists and instrumentalists.A second version premiered at
Teatro alla Scala onSeptember 25 ,1985 . The opera presents the many different versions of the myth ofPrometheus , without actually telling a literal version of the ancient story. Nono banned all photography of the production in an attempt to stop what he called "artistic consumerism".Recording
* EMI Classics 5 55209 2: Ingrid Ade-Jesemann, Monika Bair-Ivenz, Susanne Otto, Helena Rasker, Peter Hall; Solistenchor Freiburg; Ensemble Modern;
Ingo Metzmacher , conductor [Hodges, Nicolas, Review of recordings of Luigi Nono's "Intolleranza 1960" and "Prometeo" (July 1996). "Tempo" (New Ser.), 197: pp. 50-51.]
* Col Legno WWE2SACD20605: Petra Hoffmann, Monika Bair-Ivenz, Susanne Otto, Noa Frenkel, Hubert Mayer, singers; Sigrun Schell, Gregor Dalal (speakers); Freiburg Soloists’ Choir, ensemble recherche, Soloists’ Ensembles of the Freiburg Philharmonic and SWR Symphony Orchestras, Experimentalstudio Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung of the SWR Freiburg (André Richard, director); Peter Hirsch (1st conductor), Kwamé Ryan (2nd conductor) [cite news | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2234732,00.html | title=Nono: Prometeo, Hoffmann/ Otto/ Mayer/ Schell/ Solistenchor Freiburg/ Ensemble Recherche/ Soloists of the Freiburg Philharmonic & SWR Symphony Orch/ Baden Baden/ Hirsch/ Ryan | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements| date=4 January 2008 | accessdate=2008-01-08]References
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