Star-Studded Street Scene Opens in Madrid
Feb. 07, 2018
A new production of Street Scene opens at the Teatro Real February 13, featuring a cadre of international opera stars in the lead roles: Patricia Racette as Mrs. Maurrant; 2008 Tony Award winner Paulo Szot as Mr. Maurrant; Joel Prieto, winner of the 2008 Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition, as Sam Kaplan; and Mary Bevan as Rose Maurrant. Director John Fulljames and conductor Tim Murray rejoin forces following their 2013 collaboration on the same opera.
The production runs through February 18 and then returns for five more performances from May 26–June 1. The February 16th performance will be broadcast live on Mezzo Live HD. The production will later travel to Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and Oper Köln in future seasons with dates to be announced.
Also coming up this month: On February 17, HK Gruber leads the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in selections from Der Silbersee. The RTE Concert Orchestra performs Kleine Dreigroschenmusik in Dublin on February 22. Storm Large performs The Seven Deadly Sins with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Anja Bihlmaier, February 23-24. Marcelo Lombardero’s highly acclaimed production of Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny receives its third airing since 2016, this time at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, February 27 through March 3.
For the complete list of performances coming up this month, view the performance calendar on kwf.org.
(Excerpt from Street Scene/Kurt Weill/Tim Murrray, conductor and John Fulljames, director)
Kurt Weill
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music) (1929)
suite from "Die Dreigroschenoper" for wind orchestra
2(pic).2.asax.tsax.sax(ssax).2-2.0.1.1-timp.perc-bnj.gtr(or harp).acc.pno
22’
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1927/29)
opera in three acts
text (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht
English translation by Jeremy Sams
S, Mz, 3T, 2Bar, B; chorus and orchestra
2(2pic)1.1.ssax.asax.tsax.2(cbsn)-2.3.2.1-perc.timp-pno.harm ad lib.banjo.bass gtr.bandoneon-str
Stage orchestra: 2(2pic).2.3sax(ssax,asax,tsax).2-2.2.2.1-perc-pno.zither or xyl.banjo.bandoneon-3vn
140'
Die siebenTodsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) (1933)
ballet chanté in nine scenes
lyrics (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht
for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, bass, dancer andcorps de ballet
2(2pic).1.2.1-2.2.1.1-timp.perc-hp.pno.bnj(gtr)-str
35'
Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake) (1932-1933)
A Winter’s Tale in three acts
book and lyrics (Ger) by Georg Kaiser
for three sopranos, mezzo-soprano, three tenors, three baritones, two basses and SATB chorus
2.1.2.1-0.2.2.0-timp.perc-hp.pno-str
70’
Street Scene (1946)
an American opera in two acts
book (Eng) by Elmer Rice; lyrics (Eng) by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice
based on the play "Street Scene" by Elmer Rice
6S, A, 4Mz, 4T, 3Bar, B-Bar, B, boy soprano, speakers, dancers and orchestra
1(pic).1.2.bcl(cl).1-2.2.2.0-timp.perc-hp.pno(cel)-str
full evening