FULL THE MASTER (Alberto Caruso) Wexford 2022 Thomas Birch, Annabella Vesela Ellis, James Wafer
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Master
- Composer: Caruso Alberto
- Libretto: Colm Tóibín based on the novel 'The Master' by Colm Tóibín Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Wexford, Ireland
- Recorded: 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Thomas Birch, Annabella Vesela Ellis, James Wafer, Lawrence Gillians, Andrii Kharlamov, Dan D'Souza, Isabel Araujo, Anna Gregg, Zita Syme, Emma Walsh, Arlene Belli, Dominica Williams, Gabriel Seawright, Stephen Walker, Chris Mosz
- Conductor: Alberto Caruso
- Orchestra: Alberto Caruso, PIANO
- Stage Director: Conor Hanratty
- Stage Designer: Lisa Krugel
- Costume Designer: Lisa Krugel
- Lighting Designer: Paddy McLaughlin
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Alberto Caruso
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from operawire.com
“The Master” is a psychological portrait of the US novelist Henry James, developed through a series of encounters with friends and acquaintances over the period January 1895 to October 1899, while James recovers from the failure of his play “Guy Domville” in London, and against the background of Oscar Wilde’s flamboyant lifestyle and trial, which scandalized Victorian society. Plagued by his own anxieties, rejection and fears about his own sexuality, James retreated into his writing and his own private space, pushing away those close to him.
The opera is divided into a series of distinct scenes taken directly from the novel, although with omissions and compression, which sharpened the dramatic impact and quickened the pace. The addition of music also added to the psychological depth that the written word cannot easily convey.