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FULL Into the Little Hill (Benjamin) Lille 2019 Chauvin Merckx
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Into the Little Hill
- Composer: Benjamin George
- Libretto: Martin Grimp Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Opera de Lille, France
- Recorded: 2019
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Elise Chauvin, Camille Merckx
- Conductor: Alphonse Cemin
- Orchestra: Ensemble Carabanchel
- Stage Director: Jacques Osinski
- Stage Designer: Yann Chapotel
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: szenik
- Date Published: 2020
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, frsubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Described by the composer as a “lyric tale in two parts”, the libretto is by playwright Martin Crimp and it is Benjamin’s first stage work. They have since collaborated on a further two operas, Written on Skin (2012) and Lessons in Love and Violence (2018). All three works draw upon medieval subject matter in some way, and Into the Little Hill is a modern retelling of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Crimp has stated that he was introduced to Benjamin by musicologist Laurence Dreyfus.
The piece was commissioned by Festival d’Automne à Paris. It premiered at Opéra Bastille on 22 November 2006, conducted by Franck Ollu, directed by Daniel Jeanneteau, and performed by Anu Komsi and Hilary Summers with instrumentalists from Ensemble Modern. It has since been performed in over 100 productions in Europe, North America, China, Australia. It is approximately 40 minutes in length.
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