Turnage, Mark-Anthony: Anna Nicole (2008-10) 120'
Opera in 2 acts
Music Text
Libretto by Richard Thomas (E)
Scoring
Major roles: S,M,T,Bar; Minor roles: 3M,5T,3Bar,B; SATB chorus
3(III=picc,afl).3(II,III=corA).2(II=bcl).2ssax.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3):vib/marimba/t.bells/wdbl(sm)/tamb/metal bar/wooden cube/guiro/tpl.bl/tgl/claves/h.bells/brake dr(lg)/SD/quica/bongo/TD/BD(lg)/susp.cym(lg)/2gongs/tam-t(lg)-harp-pft(=cel)-strings(8.8.6.6.4)
Jazz ensemble: elec.gtr(=banjo,mand)-elec.bass(=mand)-drums.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
2/17/2011
Royal Opera House, London
Richard Jones, director / Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus / Antonio Pappano
Press Quotes
"I’ll eat my six-gallon hat if it’s not a stonking great hit... It’s often very funny, but it’s not just a crude farce with a downbeat ending: I think it is underpinned by genuine compassion for Anna Nicole and genuine scorn for the forces that mould, and then destroy her. What makes this opera so exciting, however, is that Turnage seems to have found precisely the right musical idiom for such a drama - an Americana, brashly orchestrated and violently propulsive which embraces jazz, blues, musical comedy, and lounge smooch so ingeniously and responsively as to transcend mere pastiche. It doesn’t set out to be a complex or a subtle score, but it packs an irresistibly visceral punch."
Daily Telegraph
Recommended Recording
Eva-Maria Westbroek / Alan Oke / Gerald Finley / Susan Bickley /
Loré Lixenberg / Peter Hoare / Rebecca de Pont Davies /
Dominic Rowntree / Allison Cook / Andrew Rees / Grant Doyle / Wynne Evans
Richard Jones, director
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonio Pappano
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 23 & 26 February 2011
Opus Arte DVD 490935
Click here to purchase this DVD from our online shop
News stories for this title :
Turnage's Anna Nicole: reviews from The Royal Opera
Mark-Anthony Turnage interview: Anna Nicole at the opera
Turnage: Anna Nicole takes the stage in London
Opera in 2 acts
Music Text
Libretto by Richard Thomas (E)
Scoring
Major roles: S,M,T,Bar; Minor roles: 3M,5T,3Bar,B; SATB chorus
3(III=picc,afl).3(II,III=corA).2(II=bcl).2ssax.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3):vib/marimba/t.bells/wdbl(sm)/tamb/metal bar/wooden cube/guiro/tpl.bl/tgl/claves/h.bells/brake dr(lg)/SD/quica/bongo/TD/BD(lg)/susp.cym(lg)/2gongs/tam-t(lg)-harp-pft(=cel)-strings(8.8.6.6.4)
Jazz ensemble: elec.gtr(=banjo,mand)-elec.bass(=mand)-drums.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
2/17/2011
Royal Opera House, London
Richard Jones, director / Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus / Antonio Pappano
Press Quotes
"I’ll eat my six-gallon hat if it’s not a stonking great hit... It’s often very funny, but it’s not just a crude farce with a downbeat ending: I think it is underpinned by genuine compassion for Anna Nicole and genuine scorn for the forces that mould, and then destroy her. What makes this opera so exciting, however, is that Turnage seems to have found precisely the right musical idiom for such a drama - an Americana, brashly orchestrated and violently propulsive which embraces jazz, blues, musical comedy, and lounge smooch so ingeniously and responsively as to transcend mere pastiche. It doesn’t set out to be a complex or a subtle score, but it packs an irresistibly visceral punch."
Daily Telegraph
Recommended Recording
Eva-Maria Westbroek / Alan Oke / Gerald Finley / Susan Bickley /
Loré Lixenberg / Peter Hoare / Rebecca de Pont Davies /
Dominic Rowntree / Allison Cook / Andrew Rees / Grant Doyle / Wynne Evans
Richard Jones, director
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonio Pappano
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 23 & 26 February 2011
Opus Arte DVD 490935
Click here to purchase this DVD from our online shop
News stories for this title :
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