Andriessen, Louis: La Commedia (2004 - 08) 100'
Film opera in five parts

Music Text      Deutsch
texts by Dante and Vondel and from the Old Testament (L-D-E-I)

Scoring
Major roles: S,female voice,male voice; Small roles: from the chorus; chorus (SATB); children's chorus; 3(I,II=picc).2.2.bcl.dbcl.0-2.2.2.0-perc(2):glsp/vib/tam-t/gong/xyl/4wdbl/2bongo/ SD/BD/3brake dr/timp/chimes/log dr/3tplbl/lg lion's roar/2tom-t/2cyms-2pft-cimb-gtr-bass gtr-strings(vln/vlc/db: min 3.3.2).
Abbreviations (PDF).

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


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World Premiere
6/12/2008
Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam
Claron McFadden, soprano / Cristina Zavalloni, voice / Jeroen Willems, voice / Hal Hartley, director / Synergy Vocals / Netherlands Opera / Asko|Schönberg Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw


Press Quotes      Deutsch
“…the distillation of a lifetime’s creativity... There is nothing ethereal about this opera. Its questing vigour is of a materialist, Brechtian, Godardian kind. It relishes the mixture of media, musical quotations and parody, intellectual subtexts and ironic commentary while remaining spunkily itself — a brilliant, new-fangled circus."
Sunday Times 

News stories for this title :

Louis Andriessen wins 2011 Grawemeyer Award

Andriessen: reviews of US premiere of La Commedia

Louis Andriessen: La Commedia reviews from Amsterdam

Louis Andriessen interview: creating La Commedia

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