27/09/2014 - Strasbourg, Festival Musica, Opéra National du Rhin - Paul Gay, Mireille Delunsch, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, Christophe Fel, Julien Behr, Fabrice di Falco, Kristian Frédric (staging), Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, choeur de l'Opéra, Marcus Bosch (conductor)
Libretto
Kristian Frédric and Florence Doublet after Bernard-Marie Koltès (© Editions de Minuit)
German version by Carolyn Sittig, translation by Simon Werle (© Verlag der Autoren)
The docks of a port city, a derelict hangar: Quai Ouest has a time-less, placeless setting. Almost 30 years after he wrote it, Bernard-Marie Koltès's play has been adapted for the opera. Régis Campo, French composer of nearly 200 works, set the contemporary tragedy to music. ln 30 scenes, it tells the story of a fugitive businessman and his improhable encounter with an immigrants son. The world premiere in Strasbourg is part of the Musica festival.
Air France Magazine nr210, October 2014
2(2picc).2.2(clB).2(cbn) / 4.2.2.1 / timb / 3perc / 2synth / hp / guit électrique / guit basse / strings
