FULL THE PHYSICISTS Part One (Timothy Burke) London 2012 Penelope McDonald, Miriam Sharrad, Martin Lamb, Alun Rhys-Jenkins

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: The Physicists - Part One   
• Composer: Timothy Burke based on the play "Die Physiker" by Friedrich Dürenmatt  
• Libretto: James Waterfield    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: tete a tete, London, UK, Renard Music Theatre  
• Recorded: August 18, 2012
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Penelope McDonald, Miriam Sharrad, Martin Lamb, Alun Rhys-Jenkins, William Robert Allenby, Nicholas Gillott, Anita Watson, Phil Minns, Scott Westoby
• Conductor: Timothy Burke  
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Nina Brazier   
• Stage Designer: Polly Webb-Wilson  
• Costume Designer: Giulia Scrimieri  
• Lighting Designer: Oscar Wyatt  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Tête à Tête  
• Date Published: 2012  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Synopsis:

In the quiet and peace of a lakeside town in Switzerland, the famed psychiatrist Mathilde von Zahnd runs the Les Cerisiers home for the mentally ill. The Doktor has fondly nick-named three of her patients ‘The Physicists’. All physicists by trade, each of these three has his particular delusions: the first believes he is Sir Isaac Newton, the second believes himself to be Albert Einstein and the third believes he is frequently visited by the biblical King Solomon, dressed in rags and speaking through a megaphone. We join the story with the arrival of Detective Inspector Voss. The Inspector is here to investigate the murder of Irene Straub, one of the young nurses, and the main suspect is the patient ‘Einstein’. This is the second murder by one of the ‘Physicists’, the first having been committed by ‘Newton’ the previous month. The Inspector attempts to investigate but is increasingly bewildered by the curious goings-on at Les Cerisiers. This is the first instalment of a two-part drama based on the Friedrich Dürrenmatt play of the same name. To be continued…

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