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==Background and performance history== |
==Background and performance history== |
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''Writing to Vermeer'' was Andriessen's third collaboration with British film director and screenwriter Peter Greenaway. In addition to writing the libretto, Greenaway also co-directed the premiere production with Saskia Boddeke. The opera, using the same production and two of its three original principal singers, had its US premiere in July 2000 at the [[New York State Theater]] as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.<ref name = "NYT1">Holland, Bernard (13 July 2000). [http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/13/arts/lincoln-center-festival-reviews-opera-the-chaos-outside-vermeer-s-quiet-rooms.html "The Chaos Outside Vermeer's Quiet Rooms"]. ''[[New York Times]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2017.</ref> |
''Writing to Vermeer'' was Andriessen's third collaboration with British film director and screenwriter Peter Greenaway. In addition to writing the libretto, Greenaway also co-directed the premiere production with [[Saskia Boddeke]]. The opera, using the same production and two of its three original principal singers, had its US premiere in July 2000 at the [[New York State Theater]] as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.<ref name = "NYT1">Holland, Bernard (13 July 2000). [http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/13/arts/lincoln-center-festival-reviews-opera-the-chaos-outside-vermeer-s-quiet-rooms.html "The Chaos Outside Vermeer's Quiet Rooms"]. ''[[New York Times]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2017.</ref> |
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Set in the Delft household of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in May 1672, ''Writing to Vermeer'' is composed for three women singers (two sopranos and a mezzo-soprano) each of whom writes six letters to Vermeer in his absence. Several of Vermeer's paintings portray women writing or reading letters, including ''[[Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid]]'', ''[[The Love Letter (Vermeer)|The Love Letter]]'', and ''[[A Lady Writing a Letter]]''. Andriessen said of his decision to accept Greenaway's proposal for the libretto: "I feel very close to the attitude of the painter [Vermeer] who fixes on his canvas brief 'stolen' moments that are eternally beautiful."<ref name = "Trochimczyk">Trochimczyk, Maja (2002). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RJNss1lyO_EC&pg=PA259#v=onepage&q&f=false "''Writing to Vermeer'': A View of a 'Filmic' Opera"] in Maja Trochimczyk (ed.). ''Music of Louis Andriessen'', pp. 259–276. Routledge. ISBN 113676965X</ref><ref name = "Toop">Toop, David (2010). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kRDYaurOJkUC&pg=PA100 ''Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener''], p. 100. The Continuum. ISBN 1441149724</ref> |
Set in the Delft household of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in May 1672, ''Writing to Vermeer'' is composed for three women singers (two sopranos and a mezzo-soprano) each of whom writes six letters to Vermeer in his absence. Several of Vermeer's paintings portray women writing or reading letters, including ''[[Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid]]'', ''[[The Love Letter (Vermeer)|The Love Letter]]'', and ''[[A Lady Writing a Letter]]''. Andriessen said of his decision to accept Greenaway's proposal for the libretto: "I feel very close to the attitude of the painter [Vermeer] who fixes on his canvas brief 'stolen' moments that are eternally beautiful."<ref name = "Trochimczyk">Trochimczyk, Maja (2002). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RJNss1lyO_EC&pg=PA259#v=onepage&q&f=false "''Writing to Vermeer'': A View of a 'Filmic' Opera"] in Maja Trochimczyk (ed.). ''Music of Louis Andriessen'', pp. 259–276. Routledge. ISBN 113676965X</ref><ref name = "Toop">Toop, David (2010). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kRDYaurOJkUC&pg=PA100 ''Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener''], p. 100. The Continuum. ISBN 1441149724</ref> |
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==Roles== |
==Roles== |
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Writing to Vermeer | |
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Opera by Louis Andriessen | |
Librettist | Peter Greenaway |
Language | English |
Premiere | 1 December 1999 |
Writing to Vermeer is an opera in six scenes composed by Louis Andriessen with incidental electronic music by Michel van der Aa. The English-language libretto, inspired by the paintings of Johannes Vermeer, was written by Peter Greenaway who also co-directed the premiere production at the Dutch National Opera on 1 December 1999.
Background and performance history
Writing to Vermeer was Andriessen's third collaboration with British film director and screenwriter Peter Greenaway. In addition to writing the libretto, Greenaway also co-directed the premiere production with Saskia Boddeke. The opera, using the same production and two of its three original principal singers, had its US premiere in July 2000 at the New York State Theater as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.[1]
Set in the Delft household of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in May 1672, Writing to Vermeer is composed for three women singers (two sopranos and a mezzo-soprano) each of whom writes six letters to Vermeer in his absence. Several of Vermeer's paintings portray women writing or reading letters, including Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, The Love Letter, and A Lady Writing a Letter. Andriessen said of his decision to accept Greenaway's proposal for the libretto: "I feel very close to the attitude of the painter [Vermeer] who fixes on his canvas brief 'stolen' moments that are eternally beautiful."[2][3]
Roles
Role | Voice type[4] | Premiere cast, 1 December 1999[2] (Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw) |
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Catherine Bolnes, Vermeer's wife | soprano | Susan Narucki |
Maria Thins, Vermeer's mother-in-law | mezzo-soprano | Susan Bickley |
Saskia de Vries, Vermeer's model | soprano | Barbara Hannigan |
Two of Vermeer's children, chorus of women |
Recordings
- Andriessen: Writing to Vermeer – Susan Narucki, Susan Bickley, Barbara Hannigan; Dutch National Opera and the ASKO and Schoenberg Ensemble conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. Label: Nonesuch Records[5]
References
- ^ Holland, Bernard (13 July 2000). "The Chaos Outside Vermeer's Quiet Rooms". New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ a b Trochimczyk, Maja (2002). "Writing to Vermeer: A View of a 'Filmic' Opera" in Maja Trochimczyk (ed.). Music of Louis Andriessen, pp. 259–276. Routledge. ISBN 113676965X
- ^ Toop, David (2010). Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener, p. 100. The Continuum. ISBN 1441149724
- ^ Potter, Keith and Gann, Kyle (eds.) (2016). The Ashgate Research Companion to Minimalist and Postminimalist Music, p. 138. Routledge. ISBN 1317042557
- ^ Clements, Andrew (12 May 2006). "CD Review: Andriessen: Writing to Vermeer". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
External links
- Boosey & Hawkes. Andriessen, Louis: Writing to Vermeer (1997-98) (scoring and synopsis)