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Looking for ideas for a new subject, Adès saw Jonathan Kent's staging of Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Almeida Theatre in London in 2000. [7] For a new libretto, Adès turned to the experienced dramatist Meredith Oakes, whose work had included a short opera libretto for Miss Treat (2002); since the early 1990s, several original plays, translations and adaptations of classics and modern ...
Asyla (along with Mahler's 5th Symphony) formed Sir Simon Rattle's opening concert as Music Director with the Berlin Philharmonic. The two concerts given were recorded and released as a DVD in 2002. "The Tempest": the Metropolitan Opera production from 2012, conducted by Adès, was issued on DG.
Opera: 2003: The Tempest: for soloists, chorus and orchestra: libretto by Meredith Oakes based on the play by William Shakespeare; in 3 acts Orchestral: 2004: Overture to The Tempest: for orchestra: Vocal: 2004: Scenes from The Tempest: for Soloists and orchestra: Concertante: 2005: Violin Concerto: for violin and chamber orchestra: subtitled ...
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given.
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Thomas Ades: Music for 21st Century is a music documentary produced by LWT Productions in 1999. [1] The documentary is based on the musical journey of Thomas Adès , a famous British composer, pianist, and conductor, focusing closely on two works: "Asyla", an orchestral work; and "Powder Her Face", an opera.
Traced Overhead is a composition for piano by the British composer Thomas Adès. The work was commissioned by the pianist Imogen Cooper and the Cheltenham Music Festival with additional funding from Arts Council England. Its world premiere was given at the Cheltenham Music Festival on July 20, 1996 by Imogen Cooper.
for his own music: Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Boy Who Grew Too Fast, The Consul, The Island God, The Last Savage, The Medium, The Old Maid and the Thief, The Saint of Bleecker Street, The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois