Description
Tracklist:
: Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012) Das Verratene Meer = The Sea Betrayed Musikdrama In Zwei Teilen (1986-2006) = Music Drama In Two Parts Text: Hans-Ulrich Treichel Nach = After Yukio Mishima
: Teil 1: Sommer = Part 1: Summer
: 1. Szene = Scene 1
: 2. Szene = Scene 2
: 3. Szene = Scene 3
: 4. Szene = Scene 4
: 5. Szene = Scene 5
: 6. Szene = Scene 6
: 7. Szene = Scene 7
: 8. Szene = Scene 8
: Teil 2: Winter = Part 2: Winter
2-1: Vorspiel / Prelude
: 9. Szene = Scene 9
: 10. Szene = Scene 10
: 11. Szene = Scene 11
: 12. Szene = Scene 12
: 13. Szene = Scene 13
: 14. Szene = Scene 14
Packaging: 6-panel Digipak with 2 CDs and 92-page booklet enclosed in slipcase.
Note: “Das verratene Meer” was first performed in Berlin in 1990, and later revised by the composer to a Japanese libretto (2003-2005). The revision, “Gogo no eik”, is on [r10974050]. This version, produced in Vienna in 2020, returns to the German libretto but follows the revised score, with a few exceptions described in the booklet.
+ 2021 Capriccio
Made in Germany
Live recording of Vienna premiere, Wiener Staatsoper, 14th December 2020.
CD1: 61:24
CD2: 63:40
Booklet (ii + 92 pp. + ii):
— pp.1-3: cast and tracklist
— pp.4-5: foreword (Sergio Morabito) + English translation
— pp.6-8: synopsis (Sergio Morabito) + English translation
— pp.9-18: “The Genesis of My Opera” (Hans Werner Henze) + English translation
— pp.19-28: “The Sea Betrayed – Gogo no eik: A Comparison of the Editions” (Sergio Morabito), description / tabulation of differences among Berlin / Japanese / Vienna versions, with English translation
— pp.29-37: artist biographies + English translations, artist and production photos
— pp.38-91: libretto (Hans-Ulrich Treichel) + English translation, printed “by kind permission of Schott Musikverlag, Mainz”
Logos: Wiener Staatsoper (top-right corner of front slipcase, front of booklet and front Digipac cover)
ORF/1 (bottom left corner of back slipcase, back of booklet and Digipac cover)
“The Genesis of My Opera”is excerpted from Henze’s “Reiselieder mit bhmischen Quinten. Autobiographische Mitteilungen 1926 – 1995”. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer 1996.
Simone Young – Photo Bertold Fabricius
Cover and Booklet Photos Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Phn
Cover Design Wiener Staatsoper / Irene Neubert
Erratum: Erik Van Heyningen is “Eric” on cast list in booklet
