Das verratene Meer

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Operas by Hans Werner Henze

Boulevard Solitude (1952)
König Hirsch (1956)
Der Prinz von Homburg (1960)
Elegy for Young Lovers (1961)
Der junge Lord (1965)
The Bassarids (1966)
Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung
der Natascha Ungeheuer (1971)
We Come to the River (1976)
The English Cat (1983)
Das verratene Meer (1990)
Venus und Adonis (1997)
L'Upupa und der Triumph
der Sohnesliebe (2003)
Phaedra (2007)
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Das verratene Meer (The Betrayed Sea) is an opera in two parts and 14 scenes, with music by Hans Werner Henze to an German libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel, after Yukio Mishima's novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. Composed between 1986 and 1989, it was Henze's 9th opera, his third that he wrote for the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. It was first performed at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 5 May 1990, when it was conducted by Markus Stenz and produced by Götz Friedrich. The US premiere was at San Francisco Opera on 8 November 1991.[1]

Contents

[edit] Roles

  • Fusako Kuroda, a 33-year old widow (soprano)
  • Noboru, her son aged 13, Number 3 in the gang (tenor)
  • Ryuji Tsukazaki, merchant navy officer (baritone)
  • Ship's mate (bass-baritone)
  • Gang member Number 1 (baritone)
  • Gang member Number 2 (countertenor)
  • Gang member Number 4 (baritone)
  • Gang member Number 5 (bass-baritone)

[edit] Synopsis

Part I: Summer

  • Scene 1 - Fusako's house
  • Scene 2 - An abandoned warehouse
  • Scene 3 - A park on a hill above the sea
  • Scene 4 - Fusako's house
  • Scene 5 - The warehouse
  • Scene 6 - The park
  • Scene 7 - On the pier in the harbour
  • Scene 8 - The warehouse

Part II: Winter

  • Scene 9 - The park
  • Scene 10 - The warehouse
  • Scene 11 - Fusako's house
  • Scene 12 - The warehouse
  • Scene 13 - Fusako's boutique
  • Scene 14 - The warehouse

[edit] References

  1. ^ John Rockwell. "Henze's Setting of Mishima's Sailor", New York Times, 30 April 1984. Retrieved on 2007-09-21. 

[edit] Sources

Das verratene Meer by Andrew Clements, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

[edit] External links

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