Saariaho has said, because they are the great mysteries remaining to us. It has been a limelight month for saariaho in new york. Rudel is sick and tired of his superficial and hedonistic lifestyle and dreams of distant love. A t its british concert premiere at the barbican seven years ago, kaija saariahos first opera seemed a problematic if often beautiful piece, more oratorio than opera and hard to imagine on stage. Pdf on jan 1, 2018, natalia saamishvili and others published some features of. She lives in paris, with her husband, the composer jeanbaptiste barriere. Beth morrison projects is keeping the work of our artists out in the world by offering an opera of the week which will stream on our homepage, for one week every thursday at noon. Robert lepages dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling led lights stretching across the stage to represent the sea, encapsulates the mystic feeling of lamour. Additional productions have been staged at theater bern, switzerland and future performances will. Gerald finley, dawn upshaw, monica groop, esapekka salonen, peter sellars, finnish national operfa, kaija. Pt, followed by an encore on wednesday, december 21 at 6.
It features a libretto by the lebanese novelist amin maalouf and premiered at the salzburg festival in 2000. I wanted to write an opera about love and death, ms. Aging magician is a composite of sonic and visual elements that paints an allegory on time, youth, and the peculiar magic of ordinary life, and, perhaps, the ordinary magic of a peculiar life. Spectralism saariaho is often named as a member of the spectralist school of composition, which originated in paris and in particular around the ircam.
Finnish composer kaija saariaho is widely recognised as one of the worlds leading contemporary composers. Saariahos manner of combining free play and complexity bewilders. Large print programs are available free of charge from the ushers. Ensembles from the new york philharmonic to educational institutions such as the mannes school of music have given saariahos music a highlight in their programming calendar.