PHACE
SLOVAK RADIO – LARGE CONCERT STUDIO
Melos-Ethos International Festival of Contemporary Music
11.11.2019

– Fausto Romitelli: An index of metals (video opera)

Daisy Press, soprano

A video-opera by Fausto Romitelli (music) and Paulo Pachini (video)
for soprano, ensemble, multiprojection (3 screens) and electronics

An Index of Metals bears vigorous witness to this determination to go beyond: sizzling orchestration, electric and psychedelic; a voice which plays on effects, murmurs with reverb, cackles into a megaphone, screams like a pop star; and an electric guitar score of a kind that no ‘serious’ composer has ever written, sliding across an infinite range of tones with a lightness of touch and blurring of contours. But that’s not all. Something more funereal, more strongly dissolving is given off: a fierce melancholy, and the echo, as it were, of a long Gnostic lament over the fall of souls.

Shortly before his death, Romitelli together with his friend Paolo Pachini and the poetess Kenka Lèkovich, resurrected the dream of a total scenic art in the manner of the Futurists: rhythms and gleams of light striking metals (for the video part), poems in iron and chrome singing of fusion with matter, acoustic/electric music highly amplified, filtered, spatialised, in as artificial a manner as possible…
An Index of Metals, a paradoxical masterpiece, torn between heroism and exhaustion.

Anton Webern: 5 Pieces, op. 10 (1913)

Raphaël Cendo: Graphein (2014)

Anton Webern: Symphonie, op. 21 (1928)

Franck Bedrossian: Vayehi erev vayehi boker (2017)

Academia para la Nueva Música (CSMA)

Nacho de Paz, dirección

ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE MADRID

Teatro Real / Naves Matadero, Madrid
05.March.2020

THREE TALES
BY STEVE REICH AND BERYL KOROT
05 MAR, 20 – 07 MAR, 20

Members Of The Titular Chorus Of The Teatro Real And Soloists Of The Titular Orchestra Of The Teatro Real. Performance In Naves Matadero.

Music Director: Nacho de Paz

The Teatro Real embarks on a new production of Three Tales, by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot. The “Naves Matadero – Centro Internacional de Artes Vivas” will bear witness to a reflection of scientific impact on humanity.

Three independent works travel through the consequences of three scientific events of great relevance: aeronautical ambition, destructive nuclear energy, and the cloning game. Soloists of the Symphonic Orchestra of Madrid will play under the direction of Nacho de Paz.

Documentary Opera in three acts.

Music by Steve Reich (1936) for an instrumental and vocal ensemble (amplified and electronic). Video by Beryl Korot.

Premiered in the Vienna Festival the 12th of May 2002.

Premiere of the Teatro Real season.

Production of the Teatro Real in co-production with the “Naves del Matadero – Centro Internacional de Artes Vivas”.

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ARTISTIC TEAM

Conductor
Nacho de Paz

Sound Operator
Norbert Ommer

Video Operator
Johannes Bernstein (Big Cinema GMBH)

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CAST

Members of the Titular Chorus of the Teatro Real

Soloists of the Titular Orchestra of the Teatro Real

ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE MADRID

Teatro Real / Naves Matadero, Madrid
06.March.2020

THREE TALES
BY STEVE REICH AND BERYL KOROT
05 MAR, 20 – 07 MAR, 20

Members Of The Titular Chorus Of The Teatro Real And Soloists Of The Titular Orchestra Of The Teatro Real. Performance In Naves Matadero.

Music Director: Nacho de Paz

The Teatro Real embarks on a new production of Three Tales, by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot. The “Naves Matadero – Centro Internacional de Artes Vivas” will bear witness to a reflection of scientific impact on humanity.

Three independent works travel through the consequences of three scientific events of great relevance: aeronautical ambition, destructive nuclear energy, and the cloning game. Soloists of the Symphonic Orchestra of Madrid will play under the direction of Nacho de Paz.

Documentary Opera in three acts.

Music by Steve Reich (1936) for an instrumental and vocal ensemble (amplified and electronic). Video by Beryl Korot.

Premiered in the Vienna Festival the 12th of May 2002.

Premiere of the Teatro Real season.

Production of the Teatro Real in co-production with the “Naves del Matadero – Centro Internacional de Artes Vivas”.

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ARTISTIC TEAM

Conductor
Nacho de Paz

Sound Operator
Norbert Ommer

Video Operator
Johannes Bernstein (Big Cinema GMBH)

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CAST

Members of the Titular Chorus of the Teatro Real

Soloists of the Titular Orchestra of the Teatro Real

ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE MADRID

Teatro Real / Naves Matadero, Madrid
06.March.2020

THREE TALES
BY STEVE REICH AND BERYL KOROT
05 MAR, 20 – 07 MAR, 20

Members Of The Titular Chorus Of The Teatro Real And Soloists Of The Titular Orchestra Of The Teatro Real. Performance In Naves Matadero.

Music Director: Nacho de Paz

The Teatro Real embarks on a new production of Three Tales, by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot. The “Naves Matadero – Centro Internacional de Artes Vivas” will bear witness to a reflection of scientific impact on humanity.

Three independent works travel through the consequences of three scientific events of great relevance: aeronautical ambition, destructive nuclear energy, and the cloning game. Soloists of the Symphonic Orchestra of Madrid will play under the direction of Nacho de Paz.

Documentary Opera in three acts.

Music by Steve Reich (1936) for an instrumental and vocal ensemble (amplified and electronic). Video by Beryl Korot.

Premiered in the Vienna Festival the 12th of May 2002.

Premiere of the Teatro Real season.

Production of the Teatro Real in co-production with the “Naves del Matadero – Centro Internacional de Artes Vivas”.

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ARTISTIC TEAM

Conductor
Nacho de Paz

Sound Operator
Norbert Ommer

Video Operator
Johannes Bernstein (Big Cinema GMBH)

___

CAST

Members of the Titular Chorus of the Teatro Real

Soloists of the Titular Orchestra of the Teatro Real

ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE MADRID

Teatro Real / Naves Matadero, Madrid
07.March.2020

THREE TALES
BY STEVE REICH AND BERYL KOROT
05 MAR, 20 – 07 MAR, 20

Members Of The Titular Chorus Of The Teatro Real And Soloists Of The Titular Orchestra Of The Teatro Real. Performance In Naves Matadero.

Music Director: Nacho de Paz

The Teatro Real embarks on a new production of Three Tales, by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot. The “Naves Matadero – Centro Internacional de Artes Vivas” will bear witness to a reflection of scientific impact on humanity.

Three independent works travel through the consequences of three scientific events of great relevance: aeronautical ambition, destructive nuclear energy, and the cloning game. Soloists of the Symphonic Orchestra of Madrid will play under the direction of Nacho de Paz.

Documentary Opera in three acts.

Music by Steve Reich (1936) for an instrumental and vocal ensemble (amplified and electronic). Video by Beryl Korot.

Premiered in the Vienna Festival the 12th of May 2002.

Premiere of the Teatro Real season.

Production of the Teatro Real in co-production with the “Naves del Matadero – Centro Internacional de Artes Vivas”.

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ARTISTIC TEAM

Conductor
Nacho de Paz

Sound Operator
Norbert Ommer

Video Operator
Johannes Bernstein (Big Cinema GMBH)

___

CAST

Members of the Titular Chorus of the Teatro Real

Soloists of the Titular Orchestra of the Teatro Real

LOS NIBELUNGOS I
PARTE I: LA MUERTE DE SIGFRIDO
21 MAR, 20
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Dirección musical: Nacho de Paz

El nacimiento del cine vino acompañado de música. Su unión es tan indisoluble que es difícil entender el primero sin el segundo. El Teatro Real abre una nueva puerta al arte global uniendo por primera vez en su escenario a su Orquesta Titular con el genio de Fritz Lang.

LOS NIBELUNGOS (Alemania, 1924)
Dirección
Fritz Lang

Música
Gottfried Huppertz

Guión
Fritz Lang
Thea Von Harbou

Dirección de Fotografía
Carl Hoffmann
Günther Rittau

Parte I: La Muerte de Sigfrido

21 de marzo de 2020. 20.00 h

Director Musical: Nacho de Paz
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Salida a la venta 9 de diciembre de 2019

LOS NIBELUNGOS II
PARTE I: LA VENGANZA DE KRIMILDA
28 MAR, 20
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Dirección musical: Nacho de Paz

El nacimiento del cine vino acompañado de música. Su unión es tan indisoluble que es difícil entender el primero sin el segundo. El Teatro Real abre una nueva puerta al arte global uniendo por primera vez en su escenario a su Orquesta Titular con el genio de Fritz Lang.

LOS NIBELUNGOS (Alemania, 1924)
Dirección
Fritz Lang

Música
Gottfried Huppertz

Guión
Fritz Lang
Thea Von Harbou

Dirección de Fotografía
Carl Hoffmann
Günther Rittau

Parte II: La Venganza de Krimilda

28 de marzo de 2020. 20.00 h

Director Musical: Nacho de Paz
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Salida a la venta 9 de diciembre de 2019

PHACE »LIGHTNESS«
04.April.2020 // 19:30
Krems, Imago Dei

PROGRAMM

François Sarhan

Talea 3 für 5 Instrumente im Raum mit Elektronik, 2017 10′

Juliana Hodkinson

Ligntness, 2017 23′

Lorenzo Troiani

La fine è senza fine für 5 Instrumente, 2017 10′

Johannes Maria Staud

Neues Werk für Ensemble (2019/20) (UA) 14′
Auftragswerk von PHACE, Osterfestival Tirol, mit Unterstützung durch das Wiener Konzerthaus

P A U S E

Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin

Neues Werk, 2019/20
für Ensemble 13′

Kaija Saariaho

Lichtbogen für Ensemble and electronics, 1986 18′

PHACE
Nacho de Paz, conductor

WEB

PHACE »LICHTBOGEN«
07.April.2020 // 20:15
Hall i.T., Osterfestival

PROGRAMM

Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin

Neues Werk, 2019/20
für Ensemble 13′

Lorenzo Troiani

La fine è senza fine für 5 Instrumente, 2017 10′

Johannes Maria Staud

Neues Werk für Ensemble (2019/20) (UA) 14′
Auftragswerk von PHACE, Osterfestival Tirol, mit Unterstützung durch das Wiener Konzerthaus

P A U S E

Toro Takemitsu

Between tides für Klaviertrio, 1993 15′

Kaija Saariaho

Lichtbogen für Ensemble and electronics, 1986 18′

PHACE
Nacho de Paz, conductor

WEB

PHACE
Muziekcentrum
De Bijloke
Gent
23.May.2020

https://www.bijloke.be/programma/1061/Phace/Die_Stadt_ohne_Juden/

Silent Movie
Die Stadt ohne Juden (Österreich, 1924)
The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

A production by Wiener Konzerthaus, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Barbican Centre, Sinfonieorchester Basel and ZDF/ARTE in cooperation with Wien Modern and Filmarchiv Austria.

Today, the silent film DIE STADT OHNE JUDEN (“The City Without Jews”) is regarded as one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. Based on the eponymous novel by the Jewish writer and journalist Hugo Bettauer, the film was shot in Vienna in 1924. Disturbingly prophetic, it shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city following the expulsion of its Jewish population. The film was only preserved in a fragmentary and, in terms of its content, downplayed version, until the Filmarchiv Austria succeeded in finding the missing parts in France.

For this extraordinary silent film project the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners commissioned the Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth to write an accompanying music.

PHACE will perform the world premiere of the newly restored version and the new score in November 2018 in Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna. Performances in the concert houses of the commission partners all over Europe will follow. Television in Germany and France (ZDF / ARTE) is also in preparation.

PHACE
Oper Graz
Gent
09.June.2020

https://www.oper-graz.com/production-details/die-stadt-ohne-juden

Silent Movie
Die Stadt ohne Juden (Österreich, 1924)
The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

A production by Wiener Konzerthaus, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Barbican Centre, Sinfonieorchester Basel and ZDF/ARTE in cooperation with Wien Modern and Filmarchiv Austria.

Today, the silent film DIE STADT OHNE JUDEN (“The City Without Jews”) is regarded as one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. Based on the eponymous novel by the Jewish writer and journalist Hugo Bettauer, the film was shot in Vienna in 1924. Disturbingly prophetic, it shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city following the expulsion of its Jewish population. The film was only preserved in a fragmentary and, in terms of its content, downplayed version, until the Filmarchiv Austria succeeded in finding the missing parts in France.

For this extraordinary silent film project the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners commissioned the Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth to write an accompanying music.

PHACE will perform the world premiere of the newly restored version and the new score in November 2018 in Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna. Performances in the concert houses of the commission partners all over Europe will follow. Television in Germany and France (ZDF / ARTE) is also in preparation.