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The Deutsche Oper Berlin Presents an Open-Air Production of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Greek

Jul. 15, 2021

Deutsche Oper Berlin's production of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Greek opens on August 27 and runs through September 8. The performances take place on the parking deck and are conducted by Yi-Chen Li and directed by Pinar Karabulut. 

Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera, based on the stage play by Steven Berkoff, transports Sophocles's mythological tale of Oedipus to London’s East End of the 1980s, which is plagued by police violence, racism, and socioeconomic decay. The score deftly enhances the vitality and turbulence of the text with its infusion of jazz and rock. Originally commissioned for the 1988 Munich Biennale, Greek put Turnage on the world stage, with the many productions that followed quickly establishing his international reputation.


(Edward Grint sings Eddy's aria "My Dearest Wife....No More" from Mark Anthony Turnage's opera Greek)

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Mark-Anthony Turnage

Greek (1986-1988)
opera in two acts
based on Steven Berkoff's stage play of the same title
libretto adapted by Mark-Anthony Turnage and Jonathan Moore

for soprano, mezzo-soprano, two baritones, 4 actors and speaking roles

fl(afl, pic, bodhran, large metal bar).2ob(1.ca, brake d, bodhran, 2.ca, brake d).2Bcl(1.Ebcl, bcl, med tom-t, 2.bcl).ssax(asax, barsax, vibraslap, ratchet)2hn(both lg tom-t, metal bar).Ctpt(large metal dustbin lid).tbn(very large metal sheet)-1 or 2perc-hp(low log drum and bodhran).pno(epno, police whistle, clav)-va(large ratchet).3vc(1.clav, 2.ratchet).db(police whistle)
90’

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