Barbara Hannigan

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Lulu - La Monnaie / De Munt
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Lulu - La Monnaie / De Munt

Nov 02, 2021

Lulu - La Monnaie / De Munt
2021 192 min 1 vues
Alban Berg explores the power that Eros and Thanatos, in their rawest forms, have over our lives: Lulu, a femme fatale, will do anything to get ahead in a man’s world, but she ends up being destroyed.
Music
Fuoco sacro – Suche nach dem heiligen Feuer des Gesangs
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Fuoco sacro – Suche nach dem heiligen Feuer des Gesangs

Apr 21, 2022

Fuoco sacro – Suche nach dem heiligen Feuer des Gesangs
2022 59 min 1 vues
What drives men and women to risk their own lives to save those of others? Fuoco Sacro tells the story of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian fire department, and does it through the voices of the people who, over half a century of history, have tackled with competence and a spirit of self-sacrifice the greatest calamities that Italy has tragically had to experience at firsthand.
Documentary
John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels
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John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels

Dec 02, 2022

John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels
2022 50 min 1 vues
Part of a CD+DVD set released by Tzadik. Recorded at the powerful organ at Henry LeBoeuf Hall, Bozar in Brussels, this is one of Zorn’s most beautiful and personal solo performances—a dramatic musical reading of the epic Faust legend. Featuring a guest appearance by the sensational vocalist Barbara Hannigan, who is improvising with Zorn for the very first time. No one plays the organ quite like Zorn and many of his unusual techniques, usually hidden in performance, are presented in close focus. Beautifully filmed by state of the art equipment, this is a wild and colorful concert by two mavericks of new music.
Music
Written On Skin
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Written On Skin

Mar 08, 2013

Written On Skin
2013 137 min 1 vues
Un riche propriétaire terrien invite chez lui un artiste chargé de réaliser un livre d'enluminures. Cet ouvrage doit immortaliser en images l'impitoyable exercice de son pouvoir politique et la paisible jouissance que lui procure l'ordre domestique, incarné dans l'humilité et l'obéissance enfantine de sa femme Agnès. Mais la réalisation de ce livre devient un catalyseur propice à la rébellion de l'épouse. Après une première tentative de séduction couronnée de succès, elle exploite sa nouvelle intimité avec l'enlumineur afin d'influencer le contenu même du livre, forçant son mari à la voir telle qu'elle est réellement — et ouvrant ainsi la voie à un ultime et extraordinaire acte de provocation.
Music
Le Grand Macabre
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Le Grand Macabre

Nov 19, 2011

Le Grand Macabre
2011 122 min 1 vues
Premiered in Stockholm in 1978, the work is based on a play by Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) and unfolds in an imaginary land inspired by the famous Dutch painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder: Nekrotzar, the Grand Macabre, announces the end of the world; but in a land ruled by eros, alcohol and corruption, his plan to unleash the Apocalypse bursts like a soap bubble. LIVE RECORDING FROM THE GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU, BARCELONA, 2011
Music
I'm a Creative Animal
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I'm a Creative Animal

May 05, 2014

I'm a Creative Animal
2014 137 min 1 vues
The audience in the upper crust concert venue KKL at the Lucerne Festival must have felt bemused: after singing classical Mozart arias, blonde soprano Barbara Hannigan returns to the stage in a dominatrix costume, black wig and PVC boots and proceeds to sing and conduct György Ligeti’s "Mysteries of the Macabre". The audience celebrates Barbara Hannigan’s disturbing performance with standing ovations. Critics are struggling to describe her captivating impact. Barbara Seiler‘s film "I’m a creative animal" follows her backstage in an attempt to reveal the secret behind this wild, fearless and remarkably versatile woman.
Documentary
Jarrell: Bérénice
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Jarrell: Bérénice

Sep 26, 2018

Jarrell: Bérénice
2018 90 min 1 vues
Titus and Berenice love each other; under the watchful eye of Antiochus, the hopeless lover, they try yet refuse to understand each other. Taking up the “majestic sadness” of these alexandrines, among the greatest verses in the French language, Michael Jarrell amplifies the power of words, making them a vehicle for spaces and identities that, from Rome to Jerusalem, are unceasingly questioned.
Drama
C'est presque au bout du monde
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C'est presque au bout du monde

Sep 15, 2015

C'est presque au bout du monde
2015 16 min 1 vues
Dans « C’est presque au bout du monde», j’explore un mystère qui me fascine : d’où viennent ces voix inhumaines ? D’où, dans le corps, la troublante anomalie du chant prend t-elle sa source ? - Mathieu Amalric
Toothpaste
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Toothpaste

Jul 20, 2002

Toothpaste
2002 7 min 1 vues
A humourous "domestic opera" about an upwardly mobile couple in their mid thirties who can't resolve an argument about the cap being left off the toothpaste.
Music
Poulenc: La Voix Humaine / Bartók: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue
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Poulenc: La Voix Humaine / Bartók: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue

Jun 01, 2018

Poulenc: La Voix Humaine / Bartók: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue
2018 121 min 1 vues
Running through Bartók’s disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayable, and the expression of despair in Poulenc’s monologue, the director Krzysztof Warlikowski perceives a shared dramatic thread, a shared feminine consciousness and a shared sense of imprisonment and suffocation: for the woman who penetrates the confines of Bluebeard’s castle and Elle, the woman who clings to a telephone conversation with a man as the only thing worth living for, are condemned to share the same fate. And this man she speaks to, does he really exist? Unless the director has interpreted Cocteau’s words to the letter and the telephone has become a “terrifying weapon that leaves no trace, makes no noise”…
Music
Burnt Toast
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Burnt Toast

Oct 01, 2005

Burnt Toast
2005 51 min 1 vues
An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.
Comedy
Music is Music/Crazy Girl Crazy
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Music is Music/Crazy Girl Crazy

Oct 13, 2017

Music is Music/Crazy Girl Crazy
2017 21 min 1 vues
In a poetic composition of song, narration, and images, this film follows Canadian soprano and orchestra conductor Barbara Hannigan, accompanied by the Ludwig Orchestra, as she records her album Crazy Girl Crazy. Why did she choose these three pieces, in essence so different, but which intimately resonate with her: Berio’s Sequenza III, Berg’s Lulu Suite, and Gershwin’s Girl Crazy? With this musical voyage peering into a world of precision and sharing, where a passionate woman brings forth a vocal tour de force, Mathieu Amalric, César winner for Best Actor in 2005 and 2008, shows us once more his talent behind the camera with this new opus that goes beyond a mere artist’s portrait.
Documentary
Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
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Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium

Mar 24, 2017

Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
2017 56 min 1 vues
When a woman steps onto the conductor's podium, she is always one of the first: the first to lead a world-class orchestra, the first to conduct the closing night of London's Proms, the first to win the German Conductor Prize. It seems as though the world of orchestral conducting might finally be ready to change its attitudes toward female conductors.
Documentary
Glyndebourne: Hamlet
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Glyndebourne: Hamlet

Jun 29, 2018

Glyndebourne: Hamlet
2018 163 min 1 vues
Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. The world premiere recording of Brett Deans new opera based on Shakespeares best-known tragedy: To be, or not to be. This is Hamlets dilemma, and the essence of Shakespeares most famous and arguably greatest work, given new life in operatic form in this original Glyndebourne commission. Thoughts of murder and revenge drive Hamlet when he learns that it was his uncle Claudius who killed his father, the King of Denmark, then seized his fathers crown and wife. But Hamlets vengeance vies with the question: is suicide a morally valid deed in an unbearably painful world?
Drama
One
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One

Jul 26, 2011

One
2011 46 min 1 vues
The chamber opera One represents a new kind of music multimedia drama. Michel van der Aa's poetic production of technological virtuosity fuses libretto, video, live music and soundtrack with the soprano voice and stage presence of Barbara Hannigan into One. Projected images and electronic sounds add emphasis to the onstage performance of the protagonist, while the recorded and live voice interact with incredible synchronicity.
Music
Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan
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Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan

Oct 20, 2019

Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan
2019 60 min 1 vues
Barbara Hannigan is a renowned soprano and exceptionally talented artist and musician from Canada, who recently has begun an international career as conductor. Making its North American premiere, Taking Risks shows Hannigan preparing to conduct her first opera, Stravinsky’s masterpiece The Rake’s Progress. From auditions to opening night, we follow the journey of a dedicated, passionate, and perceptive woman, taking a behind-the-scenes look at her creative process, with many moments of excitement and magic.
Documentary
Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen
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Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen

Jan 14, 2022

Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen
2022 116 min 1 vues
The Snow Queen is Hans Abrahamsen's first opera, composed to a self-penned libretto, based on Hans Christian Andersen's eponymous fairy tale. Following an in-depth study of the topic of snow and a life-long obsession with Andersen's fairy tales, Abrahamsen composed the opera between 2014 and 2018. Hans Abrahamsen's music, with it's smooth transitions and subtly modified repeats, lends the lyrics both depth and lightness. He is keen to point out the range of avenues for interpretation available. " It's possible to read the fairy tale in a variety of ways. It contains many mysteries which are open to numerous interpretations." Accompanying Barbara Hannigan is a top-class ensemble of singers, including Peter Rose, Katarinya Dalayman and Rachael Wilson. Cornelius Meister is the musical director, currently general music director at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.