If you missed it at the ROH or on BBC4 - here's another chance to catch Turnage's Anna Nicole: it's a late night Opera on 3 this Saturday, 2 April, at 9.30pm.
Anna Nicole on Radio 3
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I was grateful to ROH for putting this on, and for BBC for broadcasting it. It's something I wanted to hear, as a newly composed opera based on recent events.
Not that I can make a critical analysis of it. But it had mixed reviews, some of which were enthusiastic:
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Clearly it's not in the same league of Composition as Das Rheingold. But the great opera composers were mostly 19th Century, in a greatly different society. Is it fair to make a one to one comparison with great works of the past, in order to make a judgement on Anna Nicole?
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Originally posted by french frank View PostIf you missed it at the ROH or on BBC4 - here's another chance to catch Turnage's Anna Nicole: it's a late night Opera on 3 this Saturday, 2 April, at 9.30pm.
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Originally posted by Oddball View PostIs it fair to make a one to one comparison with great works of the past, in order to make a judgement on Anna Nicole?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostI suppose we can describe it, the music and the drama. There isn't any absolute need to make comparisons. Although it's probably perfectly fair to compare it with Turnage's other works.
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Originally posted by Roehre View PostI like it, but is Turnage losing his bite, am I alone in thinking that the music was much less "biting" than we are used to?
Greek (1986–88), in two acts
Twice Through the Heart (1994–96), dramatic scena for mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Country of the Blind (1997), chamber opera
The Silver Tassie (1997–99), in four acts
Anna Nicole (2008–2010), premiere on 17 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House
Is he getting 'fat and complacent', musically speaking?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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3rd Viennese School
Missed it! I dont do opera but I was going to hear bits of it as it's a new work.
But I was coming back from Wetherspoons and I couldnt find my batteries for the radio.
(They were in the radio!)
3VS
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Roehre
Originally posted by french frank View PostWell, his operas alone have been appearing for 20 years now (list courtesy Wiki):
Greek (1986–88), in two acts
Twice Through the Heart (1994–96), dramatic scena for mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Country of the Blind (1997), chamber opera
The Silver Tassie (1997–99), in four acts
Anna Nicole (2008–2010), premiere on 17 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House
Is he getting 'fat and complacent', musically speaking?
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