John Adams - A Flowering Tree

Grande expectativa (minha) para "A Flowering Tree" de John Adams, amanhã na Gulbenkian. Certamente um dos momentos altos de início de temporada.

CORO GULBENKIAN
ORQUESTRA GULBENKIAN
JOANA CARNEIRO (maestrina)
ANA MARIA PINTO (soprano)
NOAH STEWART (tenor)
JOB TOMÉ (barítono)
RUI HORTA (concepção cénica, direcção de actores)
GUILHERME MARTINS (vídeo)

John Adams
A Flowering Tree
Ópera em dois actos

Gulbenkian, 11 de Setembro de 2010

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"John Adams’ 2006 opera A Flowering Tree, commissioned for the New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna for the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. The impetus for the opera was an invitation from the festival director and longtime Adams collaborator, Peter Sellars, who invited composers, choreographers, filmmakers, and other artists to create responses to Mozart’s late work. A Flowering Tree is Adams’ response to Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Mozart’s final opera. Like The Magic Flute, A Flowering Tree is a love story about transformation, trial by fire, redemption, and everyday miracles." (...)