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Hlas Lesa
''Hlas lesa'' (The Voice of the Forest), is a 1935 radio opera in 1 act, H 243 by Bohuslav Martinů.Gramophone review "The Voice of the Forest is a radio opera, also one stage in Martinu's investigation of the evocative power of folk legend and popular theatre. The simple lyricism with off-stage wordless chorus at the outset (reminiscent of Copland's pastoral vein) announces as much; so does the Bride's folksong-like lament that she is being forced into marriage with a man she does not love. She is captured in the forest by some amiable bandits, discovers that the man she does love is another of their captives and contrives to release him. But from the moment she sees him, Martinu's folk-lyricism and modal harmony grow in strength until, alone in the forest with the lover who has still not recognised her, she unbinds his eyes and the music becomes heartfelt, direct and genuinely moving. Everyone joins in a danced finale before the wordless chorus returns: 'the voice of the forest', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohuslav Martinů
Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. He became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and briefly studied under Czech composer and violinist Josef Suk. After leaving Czechoslovakia in 1923 for Paris, Martinů deliberately withdrew from the Romantic style in which he had been trained. During the 1920s he experimented with modern French stylistic developments, exemplified by his orchestral works ''Half-time'' and ''La Bagarre''. He also adopted jazz idioms, for instance in his '' Kitchen Revue'' (''Kuchyňská revue''). In the early 1930s he found his main fount for compositional style: neoclassicism, creating textures far denser than those found in composers treating Stravinsky as a model. He was prolific, quickly composing chamber, orchestral, choral and instrumental w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Larmes Du Couteau
''Les larmes du couteau'' in Czech ''Slzy nože'' ('tears of the knife') is a 1928 opera by Bohuslav Martinů. The Gramophone - Volume 77 - Page 118 - 2000 "Les larmes du couteau is a strange surrealist piece (Eleonora is in love with a hanged man; her death - she dies only temporarily - brings him back to life, but he rejects her) but also one of Martinu's most promiscuous flirtations with 1920s modernism. A spikily lively manner, rooted in Stravinsky and his Parisian followers, is seasoned with popular idioms: foxtrots and a bluesy, Weill-ish aria for Eleonora; a nostalgic off-stage accordion gives a foretaste of Martinu's much later Julietta." Recordings *1999 - Martinu: Slzy nože - sung in Czech - Les larmes du couteau; with The Voice of the Forest 1CD Hana Jonášová, Lenka Smídová, Roman Janál, Helena Kaupová, Jaroslav Brezina, Vladimír Okénko; Chamber Choir, Prague Philharmonia Jirí Belohlávek Supraphon *2022 - Martinů: Larmes de couteau ; with Comedy on the Brid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operas
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor. Although musical theatre is closely related to opera, the two are considered to be distinct from one another. Opera is a key part of the Western classical music tradition. Originally understood as an entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include numerous genres, including some that include spoken dialogue such as ''Singspiel'' and ''Opéra comique''. In traditional number opera, singers employ two styles of singing: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Operas
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