Opera

Charles Wuorinen

Brokeback Mountain

28 Jan, 14 - 11 Feb, 14

Musical conductor: Titus Engel

Stage Director: Ivo van Hove

There are many parallels to be found between this work, which will have it's world première at the Teatro Real (Royal Theatre), and Tristan und Isolde. Just as in the opera by Richard Wagner, we are presented with a love on a cosmic scale, and one that is rejected by society. It is a love story set in a stunning landscape of mountains, only to be destroyed by society's expectations, just as in Wagner's opera. Annie Proulx, the author of the book of the same name, wrote the libretto so that the music by Charles Wuorinen could transcend the message of the film. Wuorinen himself states that nature in the opera is, "a constantly menacing, deadly force".

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Opera in two acts
Music by Charles Wuorinen
Libretto by Annie Proulx, from her novel Brokeback Mountain

World premiere
Ordered by an new production of Teatro Real

Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
(Coro Intemezzo / Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid)

Artistic information

Creative team

Musical conductor Titus Engel

Stage Director Ivo van Hove

Escenografía e iluminación Jan Versweyveld

Figurines Wojciech Dziedzic

Vídeo Tal Yarden

Dramaturgia Jan Vandenhouwe

Chorus Conductor Andrés Máspero

Cast

Jack Twist Tom Randle

Ennis del Mar Daniel Okulitch

Alma Heather Buck

Lureen Hannah Esther Minutillo

Aguirre / Hog-Boy Ethan Herschenfeld

Waitress Hilary Summers

Jack's Mother Jane Henschel

Jack's Father Ryan MacPherson

Seller Letitia Singleton

Alma's Mother Celia Alcedo

Cowboy Gaizka Gurruchaga

Bill Jones Vasco Fracanzani

Releases

Patron friends

22 September

2013

Subscribers friend

27 September

2013

Tickets on sale

02 October

2013

Performances

Date/hour
Space
Cast
Subscription ticket

28 January 2014

21:00

Main Auditorium

Tom Randle, Daniel Okulitch, Heather Buck, Hannah Esther Minutillo, Ethan Herschenfeld, Hilary Summers, Jane Henschel, Ryan MacPherson, Letitia Singleton, Celia Alcedo, Gaizka Gurruchaga, Vasco Fracanzani

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30 January 2014

21:00

Main Auditorium

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01 February 2014

21:00

Main Auditorium

Subscription tickets G

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