Prometeo

Prometeo (Prometheus) is an opera, described as a "Tragedia dell'Ascolto" ("Tragedy for listening") with music by Luigi Nono. The Italian libretto was by Massimo Cacciari, taking selections from texts by a variety of authors, including Aeschylus and Rainer Maria Rilke. It premiered at the Church of San Lorenzo (Venice) on September 25, 1984. Claudio Abbado was the conductor, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, a choir from the Freiburg Conservatorium, and the following vocal soloists:[1]

  • Ingrid Ade
  • Monika Bair-Ivenz
  • Bernadette Manca di Nissa
  • Susanne Otto
  • Mario Bolognesi

The score incorporates electronic manipulation of the sounds from the vocalists and instrumentalists.

A second version premiered at Teatro alla Scala on September 25, 1985. The opera presents the many different versions of the myth of Prometheus, without actually telling a literal version of the ancient story. Nono banned all photography of the production in an attempt to stop what he called "artistic consumerism".

Recording

  • EMI Classics 5 55209 2: Ingrid Ade-Jesemann, Monika Bair-Ivenz, Susanne Otto, Helena Rasker, Peter Hall; Solistenchor Freiburg; Ensemble Modern; Ingo Metzmacher, conductor[2]
  • Col Legno WWE2SACD20605: Petra Hoffmann, Monika Bair-Ivenz, Susanne Otto, Noa Frenkel, Hubert Mayer, singers; Sigrun Schell, Gregor Dalal (speakers); Freiburg Soloists’ Choir, ensemble recherche, Soloists’ Ensembles of the Freiburg Philharmonic and SWR Symphony Orchestras, Experimentalstudio Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung of the SWR Freiburg (André Richard, director); Peter Hirsch (1st conductor), Kwamé Ryan (2nd conductor)[3]

References

  1. ^ Spangemacher, Friedrich, "First Performances: Nono's Prometeo" (December 1984). Tempo (New Ser.), 151: pp. 51-52.
  2. ^ Hodges, Nicolas, Review of recordings of Luigi Nono's Intolleranza 1960 and Prometeo (July 1996). Tempo (New Ser.), 197: pp. 50-51.
  3. ^ Andrew Clements (4 January 2008). "Nono: Prometeo, Hoffmann/ Otto/ Mayer/ Schell/ Solistenchor Freiburg/ Ensemble Recherche/ Soloists of the Freiburg Philharmonic & SWR Symphony Orch/ Baden Baden/ Hirsch/ Ryan". The Guardian. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2234732,00.html. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 

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