Name: David Lang’s prisoner of the state
Start: 2020-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Ilan Volkov

Stage director

Elkhanah Pulitzer

Singer

Julie Mathevet

Soloist

Jarrett Ott

Alan Oke

Davóne Tines

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Others

BBC Singers

Orchestra

Barbican Centre

David Lang’s prisoner of the state

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Concert Hall

Public

Prisoner of the state

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Baritone

Contralto

Bass

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Follow one woman’s personal struggle against political oppression in this dark, seething and engrossing new minimalist opera from the co-founder of pioneerin...

David Lang’s prisoner of the state: Prisoner of the state Lang, David

Follow one woman’s personal struggle against political oppression in this dark, seething and engrossing new minimalist opera from the co-founder of pioneering new music collective Bang on a Can.

215 years after the first performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio, David Lang’s fresh view of the opera’s story – and reflection on its enduring power – receives its European premiere. Beethoven loved the idea of freedom, but Lang's prisoner of the state re-examines Fidelio and discovers that in the 21st century, the issues that it raises about gender and personal identity are more than a match for the ideals of the enlightenment.

Lang’s ability to glimpse the emotional heart and soul of a story within his focused, distilled and highly absorbing music has won him a Pulitzer Prize. In this opera designed for performance with an orchestra on stage, both instrumentalists and audience bear witness to the story of a woman striving to rescue her partner from unjust imprisonment.

English

David Lang’s prisoner of the state by Lang, David, Sat 11 Eaná 2020, Ó (2020/2020), Faoi stiúir Elkhanah Pulitzer,, Seoltóir Ilan Volkov, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Ensemble

Comhléiritheoir

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Físeáin

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid