Rêves d'un Marco Polo

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Label

Rêves d'un Marco Polo

Statement of responsibility

Claude Vivier ; Opus Arte production

Contributor

• Kamp, Harry van der
• Daymond, Karl, 1965-
• Leeuw, Reinbert de, 1938-2020
• Leysen, Johan
• Bijnen, Bert
• Audi, Pierre
• Makuuchi, Tomoko
• McFadden, Claron
• Harries, Kathryn
• Mierau, Terence
• Schönberg-Ensemble
• Morgan, Richard Lloyd
• Opus Arte (Firm)
• Ottaway, James
• Asko Ensemble
• Poulson, Lani
• Vivier, Claude, 1948-1983
• Akker, Marion van den
• Duyns, Cherry
• Hens, Charles

Librettist

• Vivier, Claude, 1948-1983

Performer

• Schönberg-Ensemble
• McFadden, Claron
• Akker, Marion van den
• Makuuchi, Tomoko
• Leysen, Johan
• Daymond, Karl, 1965-
• Kamp, Harry van der
• Hens, Charles
• Harries, Kathryn
• Mierau, Terence
• Poulson, Lani
• Asko Ensemble
• Ottaway, James
• Morgan, Richard Lloyd

Subject

• Drama
• Operas
• Operas
• Opéras
• Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
• Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? -- Drama
• Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? -- Théâtre
• Vivier, Claude, 1948-1983
• Vivier, Claude, 1948-1983

Genre

• Théâtre
• Drama

Language

• dut
• eng
• fre
• ger
• ita
• spa
• dut

Summary

Kopernikus: In this mystic tale, the central character Agni calls on historical and mythical figures: Lewis Carroll, Merlin, a witch, the Queen of the Night, a blind prophet, an old monk, Tristan, Isolde, Mozart, the Lord of the Waters, Kopernikus and his mother. Marco Polo: a series of tableaux about Marco Polo, some vocal, others instrumental, which meditate on inner treasures and human suffering

Related

• Claude Vivier

Cataloging source

FQG

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Libretto for Kopernikus, Claude Vivier ; texts for Marco Polo by Claude Vivier, Paul Chamberland, Friedrich Hölderlin and Martin Luther King ; Asko Ensemble ; Schönberg-Ensemble ; musical director, Reinbert de Leeuw ; stage director, Pierre Audi ; revival directors, Pierre Audi and Bert Bijnen ; set and lighting design, Jean Kalman ; costume design, Angelo Figus

Date time place

Recorded live at the Gasholder Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, 2004

Language note

Sung in various languages, with subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch

LC call number

M1500.V694

LC item number

R38 2006

PerformerNote

• Susan Narucki (soprano), Lani Poulson (alto), Claron McFadden (soprano), Tomoko Makuuchi (soprano), Marion van den Akker (mezzo soprano), Karl Daymond (Baryton Martin), Richard Lloyd Morgan (baritone), Harry van der Kamp (basso profundo), Kathryn Harries (mezzo soprano), Helena Rasker (alto), Terence Mierau (tenor), James Ottaway (baritone), Charles Hens (tenor), Johan Leysen (narrator)
• Marijke van Kooten (violin), Marieke Schut (oboe), Ermo Hartsuijker (clarinet), Hans Colbers (clarinet), Harry Sparnaay (bass clarinet), Henrik Jan Lindhout (trumpet), Toon van Ulsen (trombone), Peppie Wiersma (percussion)

Runtime

260

Technique

live action