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Teatro Real: Igor Stravinsky: Perséphone

Dominique Blanc Perséphone | Paul Groves Eumolpus
Peter Sellars, stage director; Andrés Máspero, chorus master; Teodor Currentzis, musical director; George Tsypin, set; Martin Pakledinaz, costumes; James F. Ingalls, lighting
Choir and Orchestra Titulares del Teatro Real
Teodor Currentzis

Iolanta and Perséphone - A double bill consisting of two stage works that “represent an ideal of beauty, poetry and hope” forms this new production in Madrid from the Teatro Real. In both works the progression from darkness to light acts as an initiation rite that completely transforms the existential attitude of the leading characters. Perséphone has only one singer, the priest Eumolpus, who functions largely as a narrator. The orchestral writing is melodious, with a solo woodwind or brass instrument often presenting an arresting, even jaunty theme over a simple rhythmic accompaniment.

Repertoire

Igor Stravinsky: Perséphone, Melodrama in three scenes, Poem by André Gide, in French

Awards
ICMA Nomination 2014

Facts

Prog. No.
5918
Music genre
Opera
Length
55 mins
Director
Peter Sellars
Producers
Teatro Real
Production year
2012
Format
HD