Die Brücke von San Luis Rey (Reutter) Bern 2021
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Die Brücke von San Luis Rey
- Composer: Reutter Hermann
- Libretto: Based on the novel by Thorton Wilder Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB, Fachbereich Musik, Bern, Switzerland
- Recorded: May 29, 2021
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Giovanni Baraglia, Pepe Díaz, Nikolina Dominković, Leonora Gaitanou, Tereza Kotlanova, Polina Kulykova, Paula Meyer, Marek Pavlícek, Nuno Santos
- Conductor: Christoph Campestrini
- Orchestra: Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB
- Date Published: 2021
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The bridge of San Luis Rey breaks with a buzzing sound and plunges five people into the abyss – inspired by this novella by Thornton Wilders, Hermann Reutter composed his radio opera. We either live by accident and die by accident, or we live according to a plan and die according to a plan. The search for an answer remains irritating. This fictional event, but based on a real bridge in South America, found its way through Thornton Wilder’s great novella via the USA to Europe, to Germany. Here Hermann Reutter created his work in 1954, which will now be staged in our production in 2021 in collaboration with the German-Syrian action artist Manaf Halbouni and the conductor Joachim Tschiedel (Bavarian Theater Academy Munich) – a trip halfway around the world!