![]() ![]() ![]() The doctor (bass-baritone) gives The General the news that he will go blind. The General, celebrating his victory but realizes the cost of his success in terms of misery and destruction. 35 – Act III: Es war Winter einst, als ich dieses Städtchen verließ (Christa Ludwig, The Old Lad (Claire Zachanassian) Hans Hotter, The Teacher Siegfried Rudolf Frese, the Doctor Vienna State Opera Orchestra Horst Stein, cond.)ĭescribed not as an opera, but as ‘actions for music,’ Hans Werner Henze’s 1976 We Come to the River was written for a cast of 111 roles sung by over 50 singers, three instrumental ensembles, and three different stages. ![]() Gottfried von Einem: Der Besuch der alten Dame, Op. The production was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 (San Francisco Opera) Gottfried von Einem’s The Visit of the Old Lady, based on the Dürrenmatt play, featured Regina Resnik as Claire Zachanassian, the rich lady of the opera’s title. The Doctor (baritone) is one of the responsible citizens of the town who, along with the teacher, goes to see the Old Lady about her deal….and finds out that things are far worse than they thought – she is the force that has wrecked the town’s economy and now they must give up Alfred. At first, everyone refuses, and then the town changes its mind. She has returned to her old town, now an economic wreck, and announces she will donate a fabulous sum of a billion – 500 million to the town and 500 million to the citizens– if they will kill Alfred, her former lover and now the owner of the city’s general store. He started with the 1956 play of the same name by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, about the ‘multi-millionairess’ Claire Zachanassian, who is about to take husband number 9, but wants revenge against the man who had left her pregnant when she was young. Gottfriend von Einem’s 1971 opera Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit of the Old Lady) pits money against morals. Anna Viemeister and Nickoli Strommer in Summer and Smoke, 2010 (Manhattan School of Music) (Photo by Richard Termine) ![]()
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