FULL Nachts unter der steinernen Brücke (Clemencic) Festival NACHTS 1 Vienna 2009 sirene Operntheater
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Nachts unter der steinernen Brücke
- Composer: René Clemencic
- Libretto: Kristine Tornquist nach Leo Perutz Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Expedithalle der Brotfabrik, Wien, Austria
- Recorded: May 22, 2009
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Dimitrij Solowjow, Rupert Bergmann, Johann Leutgeb Philipp Lang. Petr Strnad, Romana Amerling (vorm. Beutel), Armin Gramer
- Conductor: François-Pierre Descamps
- Orchestra: ensemble on_line / PHACE
- Chorus: Chor im Hemd
- Chorus Master: Andreas Salzbrunn
- Stage Director: Kristine Tornquist
- Stage Designer: Jakob Scheid
- Costume Designer: Markus Kuscher
- Lighting Designer: Edgar Aichinger
Information about the Recording
- Published by: sirene
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, desubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
00:00 Nachts unter der steinernen Brücke
00:28 Ouvertüre. Rabbi Löw
03:02 Der Engel Asael besucht Rabbi Löw
06:16 Das Attentat und die wundersame Rettung
10:31 Das Gleichgewicht der Welt
12:03 Rudolf II. und die schöne Esther
16:10 Rudolf allein (Was ist mit mir geschehen)
17:44 Die Erpressung
20:42 Die zweifache Schuld
24:16 Die Rose und der Rosmarin
32:06 Gottes Zorn und das Kindersterben
36:29 Der Rabbi und das tote Kind
41:05 Esthers Tod
45:57 Die dreifache Schuld (Wie traurig ist die Schönheit)
51:13 Die schöne Naema (Der Engel weint)
56:47 Applaus
Rabbi Löw saves the life of Emperor Rudolf II during a visit to the Jewish city of Prague by turning a stone into a pair of pigeons that had been thrown on the emperor by an assassin. In doing so, however, he has disturbed the equilibrium of the world. The consequences are serious. Because that day Rudolf sees the beautiful Esther and falls in love. After searching in vain for the girl, Rudolf blackmailed Rabbi Löw: if this beautiful girl were not brought to the castle, he would persecute and drive out the entire Jewish community. Rabbi Löw refuses to extradite Esther because she is the wife of the merchant Mordechai Meisl. To appease Rudolf, the rabbi plants a rose bush and a rosemary bush under the stone bridge, in which the souls of Esther and Rudolf are supposed to unite night after night. But with that he brings sin into the Jewish city, which is punished with an epidemic from which the children die. When Rabbi Löw found out about this through the spirits of the deceased children, he tore up the rosemary bush with a heavy heart and threw it into the Vltava. That night the plague ends, the beautiful Esther dies and the emperor wakes up with a scream. The angel Asael visits the rabbi, speaks to him about the power of words and the traces they leave behind in the world, and accuses him of interfering with the divine balance. When the angel asked why people complained with love that would only bring unhappiness into the world, Rabbi Löw reminded the angel of the beginning of the time when angels and daughters of man loved one another. The angel is crying