Thomas Adès - Powder Her Face

Chamber Opera In Two Acts and Eight Scenes For Four Singers and 15 Players

Commissioned by Almeida Opera

Instrumentation

3 cl(I=bcl+ssax+bsax; II=bcl+asax+bsax ad lib.III=bcl+cbcl+swaneewhistle) - hn.tpt.trbn - perc(1): hi-hat/2susp.cym/SD/vibraslap/ BD/wash board/cabaca/lion'sroar/cyms/pop gun/large fishing reel/t.bells/tam-t/flexatone/wdbl/3 brake drum/3tpl.bl/BD+foot ped/bongo/2 timb/siz.cym/guiro/rototom/electric bell/rattle/swanee whistle/crockeryor wood.glass.shell.metal chimes crushed together/whip - harp - pno - accordion - 2 vln.vla.vlc.db

Singers

Duchess (soprano), Hotel Manager (bass), Electrician(tenor), Maid (soprano)

Recordings

Upcoming Performances

June 14 & 16 2013
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA
Opera Company of Philadelphia

Past Performances

July 1 1995
Cheltenham Festival, Everyman Theatre, United Kingdom
Almeida Opera
July 5, 9 & 14 1995
Almeida Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Almeida Opera, Brad Cohen
March 24 1996
extracts only, Almeida Theatre, London, United Kingdom
various
September 21 1996
Magdeburg, Theater am Jerichower Platz, Germany
Magdeburg Opera, Mathias Husmann
February 12 1997
Magdeburg, Theater am Jerichower Platz, Germany
Magdeburg Opera, Mathias Husmann
April 25 1997
Zellerbach Hall, University of CA, Berkeley, USA
Berkeley SO, Kent Nagano
September 10 1998
open rehearsal, Brisbane, Australia
Cond. Ades
March 6 1999
Helsinki Festival, Sibelius Academy Opera Studio, Finland
Sibelius Academy Opera Studio, Susanna Malkki
June 11 & 15 1999
Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
June 30 1999
Almeida Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
July 10 1999
Almeida Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Malkki
October 1 1999
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Almeida, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Malkki
October 2 1999
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Almeida, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Malkki
October 17 1999
Theatre Royal, Bath, United Kingdom
Almeida, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Malkki
November 2 1999
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Almeida Opera, Malkki
November 10 1999
The Anvil, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Almeida Opera, Malkki
September 5, 10, 12 & 15 2000
Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
Huw Rhys James, Musikwerkstatt Wien
November 10-11 2000
Musikhost 2000, Odense, Denmark
Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Huw Rhys James, New Hellenic Quartet, Nimrod Opera
November 3 2001
Humanities Festival, Chicago, USA
Nimrod Opera
November 9 2001
Carpenter Center, Long Beach, USA
Long Beach Opera, Neil Stulberg
February 15 & 17 2002
Bridewell Theatre, London, United Kingdom
National Opera Studio showcase (excerpts only)
November 21 2002
Theatre am Stadtgarten, Winterthur, Switzerland
Nimrod Opera
November 26 2002
Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Ensemble of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Nimrod Opera
November 27 2002
Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Ensemble of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Nimrod Opera
November 28 2002
deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
De Vlaamse Opera, Lucas Pfaff
December 4 2002
Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
De Vlaamse Opera, Lucas Pfaff
December 14-15, 17-18, 21 & 23 2002
Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Italy
Nimrod Opera, soloists of the San Carlo Orchestra
June 6 2003
Opera Unlimited festival, Boston, USA
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
June 8 2003
Opera Unlimited festival, Boston, USA
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
March 13 2004
Tiroler Landstheater, Innsbruck, Austria
Tiroler Landstheater
October 29 2005
NorrlandsOperan, Umeå, Sweden
Petter Sundkvist, Pitea Chamber Opera
November 3 2005
Folkan, Härnösand, Sweden
Petter Sundkvist, Pitea Chamber Opera
November 5 2005
Härnösands Teater, Härnösand, Sweden
Petter Sundkvist, Pitea Chamber Opera
June 8 2006
Barbican Hall, London, United Kingdom
LSO, various
September 18 2006
Musikfest Bremen, 'Pier 2', Bremen, Germany
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Stefan Solyom
March 15 2007
Theater der Bundesstadt, Bonn, Germany
Thomas Wise
March 16 2007
Blackburn Hall, National Opera Studio, London, United Kingdom
National Opera Studio (piano only, Act I Scene 1 only)
July 2007
Nationaltheater, Mannheim, Germany
Nationaltheater
October 27-29 2007
The Jewel of Russia Festival, ,
Anthony Marwood, cond Timothy Redmond, dir Alexander Zeldin, O. of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, Various soloists
June 11 2008
Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden ROH, London, United Kingdom
dir.Carlos Wagner, Southbank Sinfonia, Timothy Redmond
July 11 2008
Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, ,
Mariinsky Theatre, Timothy Redmond
March 5 2010
Blackburn Hall, National Opera Studio, London, United Kingdom
National Opera Studio
April 8 2010
Teatro Comunale, Lugo, Italy
dir. Giuseppe Grazioli, Orchestra Teatro Communale di Bologna
April 26 2010
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, United Kingdom
cond. Timothy Redmond
September 10 2010
open rehearsal, Brisbane, Australia
Thomas Adès (Conductor),
November 9 2010
Teatro Rossini di Lugo, Bologna, Italy
dir. Giuseppe Grazioli, Olga Zhuravel, Michael Isherwood, Mark Panuccio, Zuzana Markova, Philip Walsh
April 27 2012
Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy
Olga Zhuravel, Zuzana Markova, Philip Walsh, Nicholas Isherwood, Orchestra Teatro la Fenice
April 29 2012
Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy
Olga Zhuravel, Zuzana Markova, Nicholas Isherwood, Orchestra Teatro la Fenice
February 15 2013
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, New York, USA
New York City Opera

Powder Her Face - 1995

Instrumentation

Singers

Recordings

Upcoming Performances

Past Performances