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FULL Three Paderewskis (Brandon) Los Angeles CA 2019 Powers Lopez Strange Pence
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Three Paderewskis
- Composer: Brandon Jenni
- Libretto: Oliver Mayer
- Venue & Opera Company: Newman Recital Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
- Recorded: October 12, 2019
- Type: Concert Semi-staged
- Singers: Katherine Powers, Maria Dominique Lopez, Todd Strange, Steve Pence
- Conductor: Jenni Brandon
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble
- Stage Director: David Bridel
- Costume Designer: Edina Hiser
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Jenni Brandon
- Date Published: 2021
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
At his grave, we meet three versions of Paderewski (one of them female): Ignacy the virtuoso pianist/composer, Jan the politician/founder of the Polish nation, and Paderewski the éminence grise/Paso Robles winemaker. Coming together and pulling apart, sifting through a lifetime of memories far too large for any one person, they summon the ghost of Antonina, their beloved long-dead first wife. In so doing, they summon the spirit of Poland itself. A compassionate opera about a man who changed the world not only through his music but through pure passion for life, whose memory instructs our own moment of political and moral crisis.
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