The Mask of Orpheus

The Mask of Orpheus

The Mask of Orpheus
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Performer: Alan Opie
Performer: Omar Ebrahim
Composer: Harrison Birtwistle
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Performer: BBC Singers
Performer: Anne-Marie Owens
Performer: Jean Rigby
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Marie Angel
Performer: Jon Garrison
Performer: Peter Bronder
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1999-01-25
Music Label: Nmc Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Duets of Love: Duet of Hope
  2. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Duets of Love: Duet of Distance
  3. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Duets of Love: Duet of Despair
  4. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Songs of Magic: Song of Words
  5. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Songs of Magic: Song of Arches
  6. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Songs of Magic: Song of Tides
  7. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Recitatives of Teaching: Recitative by Thought
  8. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Recitatives of Teaching: Recitative by Rote
  9. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Recitatives of Teaching: Recitative by Copy
  10. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Arias of Prophesy: Aria of Achievement
  11. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Arias of Prophesy: Aria of Potential
  12. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Arias of Prophesy: Aria of Retaliation
  13. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Screams of Passion: Scream of Fury
  14. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Screams of Passion: Scream of Hate
  15. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Screams of Passion: Scream of Pain
  16. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Spoken Arguments; Argument in Asking
  17. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Spoken Arguments; Argument in Pleading
  18. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Spoken Arguments; Argument in Begging
  19. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Cries of Memory: The Yawn
  20. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Cries of Memory: The Sigh
  21. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Cries of Memory: The Scream
  22. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Conversations of Silence: The Spontaneous Remark
  23. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Conversations of Silence: The Lost Innuendo
  24. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Conversations of Silence: The Hopeless Demand
  25. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Statements of Reason: The Seduction
Music CD 2
  1. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Statements of Reason: The Explanation
  2. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Statements of Reason: The Argument
  3. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Whispers of Change: Whisper of Death
  4. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Whispers of Change: Whisper of Birth
  5. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Whispers of Change: Whisper of Eternity
  6. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Songs of Failure: Failure in Life
  7. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Songs of Failure: Failure in Movement
  8. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Songs of Failure: Failure in Action
  9. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Orphic Hymns: Hymn of Ecstasy
  10. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Orphic Hymns: Hymn of Catharsis
  11. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Orphic Hymns: Hymn of Secrecy
  12. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Silent Soliloquys: Silence of Intrigue
  13. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Silent Soliloquys: Silence of Neglect
  14. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Hysterical Arias: Aria of Bargain
  15. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Hysterical Arias: Aria of Incomprehension
  16. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Hysterical Arias: Aria of Nonsense
  17. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Sentences of Religion: Sentence of Dogma
  18. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Sentences of Religion: Sentence of Faith
  19. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Sentences of Religion: Sentence of Doubt
  20. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Shouts of Gratitude: Shout of Triumph
Music CD 3
  1. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Shouts of Gratitude: Shout of Victory
  2. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Shouts of Gratitude: Shout of Wonder
  3. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Hidden Trios: Trio of Tears
  4. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Hidden Trios: Trio of Invective
  5. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Hidden Trios: Trio of Abandon
  6. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Poems of Reminiscence: Poem of Miracles
  7. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Poems of Reminiscence: Poem of Horror
  8. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Poems of Reminiscence: Poem of Love
  9. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Silences: Silence in Vow
  10. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Silences: Silence in Message
  11. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Silences: Silence in Mistake
  12. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Mysteries: Enthusiasmos
  13. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Mysteries: Katharsis
  14. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Human Lies: Lie of Greed
  15. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Human Lies: Lie of Subterfuge
  16. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Human Lies: Lie of Self-deception
  17. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Acts of Love: Act of Tenderness
  18. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Acts of Love: Act of Seduction
  19. The Mask of Orpheus, opera: 3 Acts of Love: Act of Orgy

Description of The Mask of Orpheus

This imposing score, from British composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle, mixes electronic effects with traditional instruments and voices in a retelling of the Orpheus and Euridice legend. Birtwistle achieves greater dramatic breadth than the Monteverdi and Gluck versions--but it is highly splintered storytelling. Up to three different singers play a single character in a fearsomely complex libretto by Peter Zinovieff, printed here with eye-crossing diagrams of the opera's structure. Onstage, the piece may communicate on some intuitive level like Einstein on the Beach, but when heard and not seen, Orpheus can be as bewildering as blueprints to a hydrogen bomb. The music is unusually expansive for Birtwistle with long-breathed electronic bass lines. Momentous plot turns have an almost Wagnerian monumentality. But much else sounds like obscure noodling, and there's little theatrical heat, demanding far more of its listeners than it gives. --David Patrick Stearns

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