Additional productions have been staged at theater bern, switzerland and future performances will. Get a special offer and listen to over 60 million songs, anywhere with amazon music unlimited. Finnish composer kaija saariaho is widely recognised as one of the worlds leading contemporary composers. Kaija saariaho is a prominent member of a group of finnish composers and performers who are now, in midcareer, making a worldwide impact. Her research at the institute for research and coordination in acousticsmusic ircam marked a turning point in her music away from strict serialism. It features a libretto by the lebanese novelist amin maalouf and premiered at the salzburg festival in 2000. I wanted to write an opera about love and death, ms.
Musicology now american musicological societys blog, 15 june 2016. Somewhere between a chivalric romance and an eastern legend, this is the story of jaufre rudel, a. Some features of libretto and musical composition in lamour. The libretto, written by the french writer of lebanese origin amin maalouf, is based on the legend of troubadour jaufre rudel and his distant lover. Saariahos hypnotic score combines with a poetic libretto by lebaneseborn writer armin maalouf to exquisite effect. Saariaho has said, because they are the great mysteries remaining to us.
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