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2008-00624-7

Enregistrement sonore

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1992

1992

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

composer, Harry Somers; libretto, Rod Anderson; conductor, Richard Bradshaw; director, Robert Carsen

Sound recording of an edition of the CBC Radio series Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, featuring a performance of the Canadian Opera Company's world premiere production of the opera Mario and the Magician (composer, Harry Somers; libretto, Rod Anderson; after a novel by Thomas Mann). In addition to the opera itself, the content includes: a panel discussion at a symposium after the premiere, including Somers, Anderson, director Robert Carsen, and conductor Richard Bradshaw, focussing on the collaborative approach in creating an opera; a conversation between host Howard Dyck and Somers, in which Somers discusses the process for possible changes to Mario and the Magician in the event of a second production, and possible subject matter if he composes another opera (he mentions returning to the Gilgamesh epic as a possibility); a documentary feature on the tenor Edward Johnson; and a spoof of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera by the satirical group Double Exposure. <4h 39mn>

English