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Music Text

Libretto by Christoph Klimke, based on the novel by Witold Gombrowicz (G)

Scoring

S,M,CT,T,2Bar,B;
2.1(=corA).1.bcl.asax.barsax.1(=dbn)-1.1.1.1-perc(2)-pft-cel-sampler-harp-elec.git-accordion-strings

Abbreviations (PDF)

Publisher

B&B

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.

World Premiere
2/19/2010
Theater an der Wien, Wien
Kasper Bech Holten, director
Conductor: Johannes Kalitzke
Company: Theater an der Wien / Klangforum Wien

Roles

MAJA Soprano
Mrs. OCHOLOWSKA Mezzo-Soprano
CHOLAWICKI Baritone
LESCZCUK Tenor
Prince HOLSZANSKI Countertenor
SKOLINSKI Bass
MALINIAK Baritone
Time and Place

Hotel Polyka - the woods - a castle

Synopsis

The aging Prince Holszanski reigns in a mysterious palace. The young lovers Maja and Lesczcuk, along with the legacy hunter Cholawicki are searching for hidden treasures in the palace. Cholawicki is keen on the precious collection of paintings while the young, free-spirited couple wants to get to the bottom of the story of Franio, who mysteriously disappeared. Maja and her partner are fascinated by the unknown, the fantastic and the poetic. It is this other reality, somewhere between eroticism and crime, that creates the peculiar atmosphere of this work. Only those obsessed with a different life are able to cope with their normal life. When illusion dies, love and poetry die, too.
Christoph Klimke

Moods

Poetic

Subjects
Recommended Recording
cd_cover

Theater an der Wien (WP)
NEOS 11203

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