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L’enfant et les sortilèges
On the centenary of its composition, the Festival della Valle d’Itria presents L’enfant et les sortilèges by Maurice Ravel—an ode to the magical world of childhood and tenderness, composed between 1919 and 1925 in the post-war years, with a libretto written by Colette for her daughter. A mischievous child rebels against his mother’s scolding. In his study room, he gives in to his tantrums until the objects and animals he mistreated come to life and seek revenge. However, when the…
IN-CHIOSTRO: BETWEEN NOTES AND WORDS – Degenerated music
Music by Korngold, Schulhoff, Weill, Webern
L’enfant et les sortilèges
On the centenary of its composition, the Festival della Valle d’Itria presents L’enfant et les sortilèges by Maurice Ravel—an ode to the magical world of childhood and tenderness, composed between 1919 and 1925 in the post-war years, with a libretto written by Colette for her daughter. A mischievous child rebels against his mother’s scolding. In his study room, he gives in to his tantrums until the objects and animals he mistreated come to life and seek revenge. However, when the…
IN-CHIOSTRO: BETWEEN NOTES AND WORDS – War and Peace
Music by Schnittke, Šostakóvič, Silvestrov
L’enfant et les sortilèges
On the centenary of its composition, the Festival della Valle d’Itria presents L’enfant et les sortilèges by Maurice Ravel—an ode to the magical world of childhood and tenderness, composed between 1919 and 1925 in the post-war years, with a libretto written by Colette for her daughter. A mischievous child rebels against his mother’s scolding. In his study room, he gives in to his tantrums until the objects and animals he mistreated come to life and seek revenge. However, when the…
IN-CHIOSTRO: BETWEEN NOTES AND WORDS – War has a woman’s face
Music by Fauré, Strauss, Gluck, Manfroce, Marzocchi
Owen Wingrave
"Owen Wingrave" Op. 85 (1970), a television opera commissioned by the BBC from Benjamin Britten, was first broadcast in May 1971 and staged at Covent Garden two years later. Based on Henry James’ ghostly tale, the story provides the British composer—one of the most influential of the 20th century—with a perfect opportunity to voice his fervent anti-militarist stance during the height of the Vietnam War. The central character, Owen, a young man from a long line of war heroes, rebels…
L’enfant et les sortilèges
On the centenary of its composition, the Festival della Valle d’Itria presents L’enfant et les sortilèges by Maurice Ravel—an ode to the magical world of childhood and tenderness, composed between 1919 and 1925 in the post-war years, with a libretto written by Colette for her daughter. A mischievous child rebels against his mother’s scolding. In his study room, he gives in to his tantrums until the objects and animals he mistreated come to life and seek revenge. However, when the…
Owen Wingrave
"Owen Wingrave" Op. 85 (1970), a television opera commissioned by the BBC from Benjamin Britten, was first broadcast in May 1971 and staged at Covent Garden two years later. Based on Henry James’ ghostly tale, the story provides the British composer—one of the most influential of the 20th century—with a perfect opportunity to voice his fervent anti-militarist stance during the height of the Vietnam War. The central character, Owen, a young man from a long line of war heroes, rebels…
Synphonic Concert
Music by Dmitrij Šostakóvič
Symphony No. 14 for soprano, bass, small strings, and percussion, Op. 135
Owen Wingrave
"Owen Wingrave" Op. 85 (1970), a television opera commissioned by the BBC from Benjamin Britten, was first broadcast in May 1971 and staged at Covent Garden two years later. Based on Henry James’ ghostly tale, the story provides the British composer—one of the most influential of the 20th century—with a perfect opportunity to voice his fervent anti-militarist stance during the height of the Vietnam War. The central character, Owen, a young man from a long line of war heroes, rebels…
