John Adams
The Death of Klinghoffer

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Track Listing

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1.01	Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Palestinians	8:33
1.02	Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Jews	8:33
1.03	Act I, Scene 1: The Captain: "It was just after one fifteen"	8:09
1.04	Act I, Scene 1: Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, who was two"	5:10
1.05	Act I, Scene 1: Molqui: "Give these orders"	2:01
1.06	Act I, Scene 1: Swiss Grandmother: "So I said to my grandson"	1:19
1.07	Act I, Scene 1: Mamoud: "We are sorry for you"	1:17
1.08	Act I, Scene 1: Ocean Chorus	5:43
1.09	Act I, Scene 2: Mamoud: "Now it is night"	6:58
1.10	Act I, Scene 2: The Captain: "I think if you could talk like this"	1:12
1.11	Act I, Scene 2: The Captain: "I have often reflected that this is no ship"	2:29
1.12	Act I, Scene 2: Austrian Woman: "I kept my distance"	3:09
1.13	Act I, Scene 2: Mamoud: "Those birds flying above us"	4:21
1.14	Act I, Scene 2: Night Chorus	3:33
2.01	Act II: Hagar Chorus	5:24
2.02	Act II, Scene 1: Molqi: "Come here. Look."	3:57
2.03	Act II, Scene I: Leon Klinghoffer: "I've never been a violent man"	3:28
2.04	Act II, Scene I: Rambo: "You are always complaining of your suffering"	5:12
2.05	Act II, Scene I: British Dancing Girl: "I must have been hysterical"	4:43
2.06	Act II, Scene I: Omar: "It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably"	6:45
2.07	Act II, Scene 1: Desert Chorus	5:01
2.08	Act II, Scene 2: Marilyn Klinghoffer: "My one consolation"	5:24
2.09	Act II, Scene 2: Klinghoffer's death	3:23
2.10	Act II, Scene 2: Mamoud: "Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot"	5:10
2.11	Act II, Scene 2: Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopedie)	7:21
2.12	Act II, Scene 2: Day Chorus	4:30
2.13	Act II, Scene 3: The Captain: "Mrs. Klinghoffer, please sit down."	3:53
2.14	Act II, Scene 3: Marilyn Klinghoffer: "You embraced them!"	7:46

News & Reviews

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New Production of John Adams's "Nixon in China" Premieres at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris

A new production of John Adams's groundbreaking first opera Nixon in China, led by director Chen Shi-Zheng, receives its premiere performance at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris tonight. Musical director Alexander Briger leads the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Châtelet choir, and a cast featuring baritone Franco Pompini as President Richard Nixon. Performances begin tonight and run through next Wednesday, April 18. Watch a preview of the new production here. Nonesuch Records reissued the Grammy-winning original cast recording of Nixon in China last year.
Thursday, March 8, 2012

John Adams's "Absolute Jest" to Premiere in San Francisco Symphony's Month-Long American Mavericks Festival, US Tour

As part of their 2011-12 Centennial Season, Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony launch a month-long American Mavericks Festival of music by pioneers of the American sound. The Festival begins at San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall tonight, with performances there through March 18, followed by a national tour to Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium, and Carnegie Hall in New York through March 30. The American Mavericks Festival explores the music of path-breaking composers like Steve Reich and builds on their visionary spirit with world-premieres, including John Adams's "Absolute Jest." Watch Adams discuss the piece here.

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About this Album

Adams’s controversial opera, with libretto by Alice Goodman, addresses the 1985 terrorist hijacking of the Achille Lauro ocean liner. Followings its 1991, Peter Sellars–directed premiere, the New York Times said the work “transmutes contemporary history into operatic poetry.” The Los Angeles Times' Mark Swed calls it "a haunting and meaningful meditation on terrorism, its roots and causes," and The New Statesman says it's "an intense and solemn St. Matthew Passion for the late 20th century."

Credits

MUSICIANS
Cast (in order of appearance):
The Captain: James Maddalena
The First Officer / “Rambo”: Thomas Hammons
Swiss Grandmother / Austrian Woman / British Dancing Girl: Janice Felty
Molqi: Thomas Young
Mamoud: Eugene Perry
Leon Klinghoffer: Sanford Sylvan
Omar: Stephanie Friedman
Marilyn Klinghoffer: Sheila Nadler

Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon
Kent Nagano, musical director and conductor

The London Opera Chorus
Richard Cooke, director

PRODUCTION CREDITS
The premiere performances of The Death of Klinghoffer took place at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels (March 19, 1991), the Opéra de Lyon (April 13, 1991), and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (September 5, 1991).
Music by John Adams
Libretto by Alice Goodman
Peter Sellars, director
Kent Nagano, musical director
Mark Morris, choreography
George Tsypin, set design
Dunya Ramicova, costume design
James F. Ingalls, lighting design
Jonathan Deans, sound design
John Boesche, projection design

FIRST RECORDING
Produced by John McClure
Recorded April and July 1991 at Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon, France
Balance Engineer: John Newton
Recording Engineer: Henk Jansen
Recording and Editing Engineer: Everett Porter
Stage Sound Design: Jonathan Deans
Stage Production Sound Engineer: Graham Carmichael
Audio Assistant: Susan Presson
Production Coordinator: Kathryn King

Design by John Heiden
Cover photo by Joel Meyerowitz

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz