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Hopper's Wife
opera in five scenes
libretto by Michael Korie
Ausgabe: Aufführungsmaterial
Produktdetails
Beschreibung
Hopper’s Wife imagines American scene painter Edward Hopper married to Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper with Ava Gardner as the artist’s model. The opera explores the conflicts between high art and low art, gossip and pornography - through the prism of a crumbling, competitive marriage.
Edward Hopper and his wife both began as painters at the New York Art Students League. Competitiveness entered their marriage as Mrs. Hopper’s need for creative expression was subjugated to her husband’s.
Though Hopper is strongly identified with cityscapes of urban America and landscapes of Truro, Cape Cod, he also painted female nudes. He approached his nudes from a characteristically voyeuristic stance, treating the female body as a screen on which to project unconscious desires. For years, his only model was his wife.
Simultaneously, beginning in the mid-thirties on America’s opposite coast, the vituperative Hedda Hopper became a Hollywood fixture from her radio gossip show, her syndicated column, and her movie appearances in an ever-changing parade of flashy hats. Pandered to and fawned upon by obsequious studios and frightened stars, she wielded great power and venom, eventually cooperating with the reactionary forces behind the blacklist.
Edward Hopper and his wife both began as painters at the New York Art Students League. Competitiveness entered their marriage as Mrs. Hopper’s need for creative expression was subjugated to her husband’s.
Though Hopper is strongly identified with cityscapes of urban America and landscapes of Truro, Cape Cod, he also painted female nudes. He approached his nudes from a characteristically voyeuristic stance, treating the female body as a screen on which to project unconscious desires. For years, his only model was his wife.
Simultaneously, beginning in the mid-thirties on America’s opposite coast, the vituperative Hedda Hopper became a Hollywood fixture from her radio gossip show, her syndicated column, and her movie appearances in an ever-changing parade of flashy hats. Pandered to and fawned upon by obsequious studios and frightened stars, she wielded great power and venom, eventually cooperating with the reactionary forces behind the blacklist.
Orchesterbesetzung
1(pic).0.1(Acl, Ebcl, bcl).sax(ssax, asax, tsax, barsax).1(cbsn)-1.1(pic tpt).0.1-timp.perc(xyl, mar, vibes, glsp, tub bells, b.d, 4tom-t, s.d, kick dr, h.h, sus cym, crash cym, sirene, tam-t)-vn.vc
Personenbesetzung
Hopper · baritone - Mrs. Hopper · mezzo-soprano - Ava · soprano
Weitere Informationen
Titel:
Hopper's Wife
opera in five scenes
libretto by Michael Korie
Sprache:
Englisch
Ausgabe:
Aufführungsmaterial
Verlag/Label:
Schott Music
Kompositionsjahr:
1997
Spieldauer:
90 ′
Uraufführung:
1997 · Long Beach, CA (USA)
Long Beach Opera
Musikalische Leitung: Michael Barrett
Long Beach Opera
Musikalische Leitung: Michael Barrett
Auftragswerk:
Commissioned by the 92nd Street Y and the Long Beach Opera and made possible by a grant from the Meet The Composer/Reader's Digest Commissioning Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Technische Details
Bestellnummer:
LSMC 20273
Lieferrechte:
Weltweit
Aufführungen
Hopper's Wife
Musikalische Leitung: Michael Barrett
1997 |
Long Beach, CA (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika) , Long Beach Opera — Uraufführung
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