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Love and Other Demons

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Love and Other Demons
Foreign language / English title
Love and Other Demons
Subtitle
Opera in two parts
Year of composition
2007
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., 3 Ms., 2 T., Bar., B. soloists - female choir (8 voices) - 2 fl. (I, II anche picc., II anche fl.a.), 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.), sax. (sax.s., sax.a., sax.bar.) - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - 2 perc. - arpa, cel. - strings: 6 vl. 1, 6 vl. 2, 8 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Technics and sound engineer required
Duration
135 min
Movements, parts
2 acts
Text
MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel García; HAMVAI, Kornél
Language
English / Yoru´ba / Latin / Spanish
Commissioned by
Glyndebourne Festivalpera and BBC
Premiere information
10 August 2008, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Lewes, Great Britain; Allison Bell (S.), Nathan Gunn (Bar.), Mats Almgren (B.), Felicity Palmer (Ms.), Jean Rigby (Ms.), Marietta Simpson (Ms.), Robert Brubaker (T.), John Graham-Hall (T.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Thomas Blunt (chorus master), Vladimir Jurovsky (cond.)
Directed by Silviu Purcarete
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Mainz © 2007, 52873
Available here!
Recordings
Glyndebourne Festival GFOCD 020-08, 2013 (Live recording of the premiere) - Allison Bell (S.), Nathan Gunn (Bar.), Mats Almgren (B.), Felicity Palmer (Ms.), Jean Rigby (Ms.), Marietta Simpson (Ms.), Robert Brubaker (T.), John Graham-Hall (T.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Thomas Blunt (chorus master), Vladimir Jurovski (cond.)
Live recording - Anna Palimina, René Kollo, Miljenko Turk, John Heuzenroeder Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Jovita Vaskeviciute, Dalia Schaechter, Adriana Bastidas Gamboa, Gürzenich Orchestra, Markus Stenz (cond.) (Available at www.eotvospeter.com)
1 min. sample
1 Ouverture
2 Scene 1/D
3 Scene 4/A
4 Scene 7/A
5 Scene 7/D
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2006 - 2008, revised: 2016

Based on Gabriel García Márquez´s novel "Of Love and Other Demons", libretto by Kornél Hamvai

Cast:
Sierva Maria (S. color.)
Don Ygnacio, a Marquis, her father (T.)
Dominga, a black servant woman (A.)
Abrenuncio, a doctor (T.)
Don Toribio, bishop (B.)
Father Cayetano Delaura (Bar.)
Josefa Miranda, abbess (Ms.)
Martina Laborde, an insane woman (A.)
5 African Slaves in Ygnacio´s house
Choir (Nuns, Slaves, Dreamvoices - 4 S., 2 Ms., 2 A. with "voix blanche")
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Glyndebourne Productions