What Next? (opera)

What Next? (opera)

"What Next?" is the only opera to date by Elliott Carter. The libretto is by Paul Griffiths. It was written in 1997-8 on a commission from Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and premiered there in a concert performance conducted by Daniel Barenboim in 1999. The staged premiere was in July, 2006 at the Tanglewood Music Festival under James Levine. [http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=2790&ttitle=Biography&ttype=BIOGRAPHY]

Roles

ynopsis

The story involves six characters who, though physically unhurt, react to their involvement in a car accident.

Recordings

Elliott Carter: "What Next? " - Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
*Conductor: Peter Eötvös
*Principal singers: Valdine Anderson, Sarah Leonard, Hilary Summers, William Joyner, Dean Elzinga, Emauel Hoogeveen
*Recording date:
*Label: - ECM 1817 (CD)

References

* [http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=2790&ttitle=Biography&ttype=BIOGRAPHY Boosey biography]
* [http://www.bagatellen.com/archives/features/000542.html Bagatellen page]


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