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Opera Scenes
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Opera
Premiere July 18, 2013
The 2013 Bregenz Festival in Austria gave the world premiere of The
Merchant of Venice (Der Kaufmann von Venedig) at the Festival
Theater on July 18th with additional performances on July 21st and July
28th. This was a co-production with the Grand
Theatre, Warsaw, and supported by the Adam
Mickiewicz Institute, which means the opera will move to Warsaw in
2014. The opera is in three acts and an epilogue by André Tchaikowsky
with the libretto by John O’Brien, after the play by William Shakespeare.
Opera
Reviews
Below is a sampling of reviews, generated by an international press.
(Note: PDF files are designed to be read by Adobe PDF Reader.)
Videos related to The Merchant of Venice (Bregenz, Austria - July 2013)
The following table lists known videos centric to The Merchant of Venice.
This table will be updated as other videos become available.
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Subject
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Source
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Note
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To
View
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| Opera
sample from EuroArts |
YouTube |
From
2014 DVD |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Act 1 (complete) |
YouTube |
From
Rehearsal |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Act 2 (complete) |
YouTube |
From
Rehearsal |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Act 3 (complete) |
YouTube |
From
Premiere (TV) |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Epilogue (complete) |
YouTube
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From
Premiere (TV) |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Scenes 1 |
YouTube |
From
Premiere |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Scenes 2 |
YouTube |
From
Premiere |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Scenes 3 |
YouTube |
From
Premiere |
Click
Here |
| Extracts
from the opera |
YouTube |
From
Premiere |
Click
Here |
| "Quality
of Mercy" Aria (Act 3) |
YouTube |
From
Premiere |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Overview from Television |
YouTube |
In
German |
Click
Here |
| Post-Opera
Interviews and Scenes |
YouTube |
In
German |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Scenes Slideshow |
YouTube |
Music
is Invention 5a |
Click
Here |
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Peter
Jungblut reviews the opera
BR Klassik Radio (audio only)
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YouTube
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In
German
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Magdalena
Anna Hofmann (Portia)
talks about her role (June 28, 2013) |
YouTube |
In
German |
Click
Here |
| David
Pountney introduces "The Merchant" (November 15, 2012) |
YouTube |
In
German |
Click
Here |
| David
Pountney introduces "The Merchant" (November 15, 2012) |
Vimeo |
In
English |
Click
Here |
| Opera
Playthrough Sample |
Vimeo |
In
English |
Click
Here |
Links
of Interest
Below are links related in some manner to The Merchant of Venice
opera.
| Wales
Arts Review interviews David Pountney about how "The Merchant"
came to Bregenz |
pdf
file |
English
(August 2014) |
Click
Here |
| David
Pountney interview from radio show, Music Matters with Tom Service
(segment only - Click
Here for the entire broadcast) |
mp3
File |
English
(radio show)
(Feb. 2014) |
Click
Here |
| Interview
with David Ferré (webmaster) and Dr. Anastasia Belina-Johnson
(biographer) |
mp3
File |
English
(radio show)
(August 2013) |
Click
Here |
| Interview
with Dr. Anastasia Belina-Johnson (biographer) |
mp3
File |
German
(radio show)
(July 2013) |
Click
Here |
| Interview
with Dr. Anastasia Belina-Johnson (biographer) |
mp3
File |
English
(radio show)
(July 2013) |
Click
Here |
| "Kupiec
wenecki". Spelnione marzenie Czajkowskiego |
mp3
File |
Polish
(radio show)
(July 2013) |
Click
Here |
| Andrzej
Czajkowski: cudowny muzyk i jego "Kupiec wenecki" |
mp3
File |
Polish
(radio show)
(July 2013) |
Click
Here |
| Who
is Shylock? (Wer ist Shylock?) |
YouTube |
German
(part 1 of 5)
(June 2013} |
Click
Here |
| David
Pountney receives Polish honor in a ceremony in Vienna |
Internet |
English
Text
(April 2013) |
Click
Here |
| "The
Quality of Tchaikowsky" David Pountney blog (copy of original) |
HTML
File |
English
Text
(May 2012) |
Click
Here |
Opera
Cast for the World Premiere
The following is a summary of the cast for the world premiere of The
Merchant of Venice.
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Music Director
Erik Nielsen
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Stage
Director
Keith Warner
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Designer
Ashley Martin-Davis
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Light
Davy Cunningham
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Chorus Director
Lukáš Vasilek
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Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna, Austria
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Duke of Venice (Bass)
Richard Angas
(1942-2013)
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Antonio, a Merchant of Venice
(Countertenor) - Christopher Ainslie
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Bassanio, his friend (Tenor)
Charles Workman
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Salerio (Bass-Baritone)
Adrian Clarke
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Solanio (Bass-Baritone)
Norman Patzke
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Gratiano (Bass-Baritone)
David Stout
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Lorenzo, in love with Jessica (Tenor) Jason Bridges
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Shylock, a rich Jew (Baritone)
Adrian Eröd
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Jessica, Shylock's daughter (Soprano) Kathryn Lewek
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Portia, a rich heiress (Mezzosoprano)
Magdalena Anna Hofmann
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Nerissa, her Waiting-maid (Mezzosoprano) Verena Gunz
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A boy (Soprano)
Hanna Herfurtner
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Prince of Aragon, Suitor to Portia
Juliusz M. Kubiak
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Prince of Morocco, Suitor to Portia
Elliot Lebogang Mohlamme
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Actors of the festival
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Prague Philharmonic Choir
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2013
Bregenz Festival Events featuring André Tchaikowsky
The following summaries all the events at the 2013 Bregenz Festival
that feature the compositions of André Tchaikowsky. Click
Here for the Symposium program (PDF - English). Click
Here for a review (in German).
Merchant
of Venice
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July
18, 2013
July 21, 2013
July 28, 2013 |
The
Inventions - Opus 2
Maciej Grzybowski, piano |
July
20, 2013 |
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Seven
Sonnets of Shakespeare
Maciej Grzybowski, piano
Urszula Kryger, Mezzo-soprano
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July
20, 2013 |
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String
Quartet No. 2
Meccorre String Quartet
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July
21, 2013 |
Arioso
e Fuga per Clarinetto Solo
Heinz-Peter Linshalm, clarinet |
July
22, 2013 |
Piano
Concerto, Opus 4
Vienna
Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel, conductor
Maciej Grzybowski, piano |
July
22, 2013 |
Trio
Notturno Op. 6
Altenberg Trio
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July
30, 2013 |
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Tango
and Mazurka
Aaron
Pilsan, piano
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August
7, 2013 |
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