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Waiting for the Barbarians
Philip Glass
12 June 2008 / 19:30
Hall
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Tickets:
£7 / 11 / 15 / 20 / 25
subject to availability
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Philip Glass Waiting for the Barbarians (UK premiere)
Orchestra and Chorus of Erfurt Theatre
Dennis Russell Davies conductor
Richard Salter The Magistrate
Eugene Perry Joll
Michael Tews Mandel
Elvira Soukop Girl
Kelly God Chef
Marisca Mulder soprano Star
Vazgen Ghazaryan bass Old Man
Peter Umstadt tenor Soldiers, Guards
Máté Sólyom-Nagy baritone
Manuel Meyer bass
Grit Redlich soprano Small Girl
Libretto by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by John M. Coetzee.
Concert Performance
Philip Glass's Waiting for the Barbarians based on the novel by John M. Coetzee, looks at war between oppressors and oppressed. The 'barbarians' are coming. Torture is used to obtain confessions from the barbarian prisoners, thus 'justifying' the necessity for the premeditated campaign against the tribe.
'The performance, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, is dominated by Richard Salter's astonishing performance as the magistrate, on stage throughout the opera. Genuinely intriguing.'
The Guardian
Pre-concert talk 6-6.45pm Barbican Hall
Keith Potter in Conversation with Dennis Russell Davies
Dennis Russell Davies, who is an expert on Philip Glass’ music, will be conducting the concert at 7:30pm. Facilitator Keith Potter is currently Senior Lecturer in Music at the Goldsmiths University of London. Keith Potter was the co-founder and, for seventeen years, Chief Editor of Contact: a Journal of Contemporary Music, and for ten years a regular music critic on The Independent daily newspaper.
Part of Summer 08 Contemporary Events
Part of Spring 08 Contemporary events
Part of bite08
Part of Present Voices
Part of Great Performers 2007-2008
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