There are many parallels to be found between this work, which will have it's world première at the Teatro Real, and Tristan und Isolde. Just as in the opera by Richard Wagner, we are presented with a love on a cosmic scale, and one that is rejected by society. It is a love story set in a stunning landscape of mountains, only to be destroyed by society's expectations, just as in Wagner's opera. Annie Proulx, the author of the book of the same name, wrote the libretto so that the music by Charles Wuorinen could transcend the message of the film. Wuorinen himself states that nature in the opera is, "a constantly menacing, deadly force."
Opera in two acts
Music by Charles Wuorinen
Libretto by Annie Proulx, based on her homonymous novel
World premiere, commission and new production of the Teatro Real
Artistic team
Conductor | Titus Engel
Stage director | Ivo van Hove
Set and lighting designer | Jan Versweyveld
Costume designer | Wojciech Dziedzic
Video | Tal Yarden
Playwright | Jan Vandenhouwe
Chorus master | Andrés Máspero
Cast
Ennis del Mar | Daniel Okulitch
Jack Twist | Tom Randle
Alma | Heather Buck
Lureen | Hannah Esther Minutillo
Aguirre / Hog-Boy | Ethan Herschenfeld
Alma's mother | Celia Alcedo
Jack's father | Ryan MacPherson
Jack's mother | Jane Henschel
Waitress | Hilary Summers
Saleswoman | Letitia Singleton
A cowboy | Gaizka Gurruchaga
Bill Jones | Vasco Fracanzani
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