ANAKLASIS / katalog / Opera / ANA / 025
CD / 29.05.2023
Act I
[1] Chorus I
[2] Clytemnestra I
[3] Chorus II
[4] Clytemnestra II
[5] Chorus III
[6] Clytemnestra III
[7] Cassandra
[8] Chorus IV
[9] Clytemnestra IV
[10] Chorus V
[11] Athene
[12] Aegisthai
Act II
[13] The Libation Bearers
[14] Orestes I
[15] Intermezzo I
[16] Orestes II
[17] Intermezzo II
[18] Orestes III
[19] Intermezzo III
[20] Apollo
[21] The Furies
[22] Finale
[23] Epilogue
[1] Chorus I
[2] Clytemnestra I
[3] Chorus II
[4] Clytemnestra II
[5] Chorus III
[6] Clytemnestra III
[7] Cassandra
[8] Chorus IV
[9] Clytemnestra IV
[10] Chorus V
[11] Athene
[12] Aegisthai
Act II
[13] The Libation Bearers
[14] Orestes I
[15] Intermezzo I
[16] Orestes II
[17] Intermezzo II
[18] Orestes III
[19] Intermezzo III
[20] Apollo
[21] The Furies
[22] Finale
[23] Epilogue
DANUTA STENKA - Clytemnestra, Orestes
ANNA ZAWISZA - Cassandra
MIACHAŁ SŁAWECKI - Apollo
TOMASZ PILUCHOWSKI - Atena
TAMARA KURKIEWICZ - percussion
Leszek Lorent - percussion
KRZYSZTOF NIEZGODA - percussion
SZYMON WYRZYKOWSKI - conductor
ANA / 025
ORESTEIA
Written in 2011 as a commission from the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, the dramopera Oresteia, directed by Maja Kleczewska, was premiered in that theatre in the following year. Notably, though there were no women performers in ancient dramas, the authors entrusted the parts of both Clytemnestra and Orestes to the excellent Polish actress Danuta Stenka, thus proposing a new way of interpreting that work.
‘Concerns about the purity of the genre are, I believe, unnecessary,’ said Agata Zubel in an interview. And indeed, she is not concerned. Her dramopera Oresteia for soloists, actors, choir, percussion, and electronics boldly juggles with various aesthetics and types of sound. Herself an outstanding singer, as a composer Zubel attaches great importance to the human voice as the most unique of all instruments. Each voice exists, after all, in only one copy. Interestingly, in Oresteia Stenka personates two opposites – she plays both the killer and the avenger. In this tale about the nature of evil and the vicissitudes of justice, her partners are Anna Zawisza (soprano), Michał Sławecki (countertenor), Tomasz Piluchowski (tenor), and The Polish Radio Choir, as well as percussionists: Krzysztof Niezgoda, Leszek Lorent, and Tamara Kurkiewicz. The spectacle is conducted by Szymon Wyrzykowski.
‘Concerns about the purity of the genre are, I believe, unnecessary,’ said Agata Zubel in an interview. And indeed, she is not concerned. Her dramopera Oresteia for soloists, actors, choir, percussion, and electronics boldly juggles with various aesthetics and types of sound. Herself an outstanding singer, as a composer Zubel attaches great importance to the human voice as the most unique of all instruments. Each voice exists, after all, in only one copy. Interestingly, in Oresteia Stenka personates two opposites – she plays both the killer and the avenger. In this tale about the nature of evil and the vicissitudes of justice, her partners are Anna Zawisza (soprano), Michał Sławecki (countertenor), Tomasz Piluchowski (tenor), and The Polish Radio Choir, as well as percussionists: Krzysztof Niezgoda, Leszek Lorent, and Tamara Kurkiewicz. The spectacle is conducted by Szymon Wyrzykowski.
Act I
[1] Chorus I
[2] Clytemnestra I
[3] Chorus II
[4] Clytemnestra II
[5] Chorus III
[6] Clytemnestra III
[7] Cassandra
[8] Chorus IV
[9] Clytemnestra IV
[10] Chorus V
[11] Athene
[12] Aegisthai
Act II
[13] The Libation Bearers
[14] Orestes I
[15] Intermezzo I
[16] Orestes II
[17] Intermezzo II
[18] Orestes III
[19] Intermezzo III
[20] Apollo
[21] The Furies
[22] Finale
[23] Epilogue
[1] Chorus I
[2] Clytemnestra I
[3] Chorus II
[4] Clytemnestra II
[5] Chorus III
[6] Clytemnestra III
[7] Cassandra
[8] Chorus IV
[9] Clytemnestra IV
[10] Chorus V
[11] Athene
[12] Aegisthai
Act II
[13] The Libation Bearers
[14] Orestes I
[15] Intermezzo I
[16] Orestes II
[17] Intermezzo II
[18] Orestes III
[19] Intermezzo III
[20] Apollo
[21] The Furies
[22] Finale
[23] Epilogue
DANUTA STENKA - Clytemnestra, Orestes
ANNA ZAWISZA - Cassandra
MIACHAŁ SŁAWECKI - Apollo
TOMASZ PILUCHOWSKI - Atena
TAMARA KURKIEWICZ - percussion
Leszek Lorent - percussion
KRZYSZTOF NIEZGODA - percussion
SZYMON WYRZYKOWSKI - conductor
