FULL ARCHE (Widmann) Amsterdam 2022 Sarah Brady, Thomas E. Bauer

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Arche  
• Composer: Widmann Jörg  
• Libretto: The text sources range from Michelangelo to Peter Sloterdijk and from Matthias Claudius to Schiller, Heine and Nietzsche  
• Venue & Opera Company: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, NTR Zaterdag Matinee  
• Recorded: November 12, 2022
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Sarah Brady, Thomas E. Bauer
• Conductor: Karina Canellakis  
• Orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest  
• Chorus: Groot Omroepkoor, Hongaars Nationaal Koor, Nationaal Kinderkoor, Nationaal Jongenskoor  
• Chorus Master: Benjamin Goodson, Csaba Somos, Wilma ten Wolde. Irene Verburg  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: NPO Radio 4  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, othersubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

With the oratorio ARCHE from 2017, Jörg Widmann wrote another gigantic work for a monster ensemble five years after the world premiere of his opera Babylon. He mobilizes around three hundred musicians for this commissioned piece, which he wrote for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg; a large symphony orchestra, soprano and baritone soloists, two choirs and a children’s choir. He also aims high on a poetic-philosophical level. The text sources range from Michelangelo to Peter Sloterdijk and from Matthias Claudius to Schiller, Heine and Nietzsche.