Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Paradise reloaded (Lilith)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Paradise reloaded (Lilith)
Foreign language / English title
Paradise reloaded (Lilith)
Subtitle
Opera in 12 scenes
Dedication
Dedicated for premiere to Walter Kobéra and the Neue Oper Vienna
Year of composition
2013

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., 2 Ms., A., 2 T., 2 Bar., B. (all singers with microport) - 2 fl. (I anche picc., II anche fl.a., picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (II anche cl.s., cl.b., III anche cl.b., cl.cb.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 2 cor., 2 tr., trb.a., trb. with quart valve, trb.b., tuba - perc. (2 esec - 2 gr.c., 2 tmb.picc., 2 tam-tam., 2 bongo, 2 tom-tom., 2 conga, 2 ptto. china, 2 ptto.ch., 3 ptto.gr., 2 tr., 2 banjo, 2 burma bell, 2 finger cymbal, tambourine, ptto., 2 ptti., bell tree, caxixi, shaker, 2 wood claves, camp., campli., crot., burma gong, cmpc.) - acc., arpa, pf. (without lid.), cel. - strings: 10 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb. (III, IV five strings)
Duration
90 min

Text
OSTERMAIER, Albert; MEZEI, Mari ; EÖTVÖS, Péter
Language
German
Premiere information
25 October 2013, Wien Modern 2013, Halle E im Museumsquartier, Vienna; Amadeus Ensemble-Wien, Walter Kobéra (cond.), Neue Oper Wien production

Lucifer: David Adam Moore (Bar.)
Lilith: Annette Schönmüller (Ms.)
Adam: Eric Stokloss (T.)
Eve: Rebecca Nelsen (S.)
Fortune-teller I: Avelyne Francis (S.)
Fortune-teller II: Anna Clare Hauf (A.)
Fortune-teller III: Christina Sidak (Ms.)
Angel A: Gernot Heinrich (T.)
Angel B: Andreas Jankowitsch (Bar.)
Angel C: Michael Wagner (Bar.)


Staging: Johannes Erath; Costumes: Katrin Connan; Stage design: Katrin Connan; Lighting: Norbert Chmel; Organizer: Neue Oper Wien in cooperation with Wien Modern
Publisher / Source
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz © 2013, 55671
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 226, 2016 - Annette Schönmüller, Holger Falk, Eric Stoklossa, Rebecca Nelsen, Gernot Heinrich, Andreas Jankowitsch, Michael Wagner, Avelyne Francis, Christina Sidak, Anna Clare Hauf, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Vajda (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Vospiel - Bild 1.
2 Bild 3.
3 Bild 5.
4 Bild 6.
5 Bild 11.
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2012-2013

Libretto by Mari Mezei and Péter Eötvös after Albert Ostermaier´s text

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records