Písně z Gurre (2023)
A brilliant performance of Schönberg's monumental work at the Prague State Opera. Arnold Schönberg composed Gurre-Lieder to a text by J. P. Jacobsen about the tragic love of the Danish king Waldemar and his mistress Tove Lille, who was murdered out of jealousy by Queen Helviga. He orchestrated the composition for a monumental orchestral and vocal ensemble: five vocal solos, a narrator, a male and mixed choir, and a huge orchestra comprising 25 woodwind instruments, 25 brass instruments, four harps, a celesta, 16 different percussion instruments (including iron chains), and an exceptionally large string section. Every performance of this masterpiece, composed down to the last detail, is truly an overwhelming experience. SOČR chief conductor Petr Popelka seized this unique opportunity, as at the time of the performance of Songs he was also chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and in this unique project he brought together the two ensembles entrusted to him.
Director: Tomáš Šimerda
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Michael Weinius as Waldemar |
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Susanne Bernhard as Tove |
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Štěpánka Pučálková as Wood Dove |
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Yngve Søberg as Peasant |
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Kevin Conners as Klaus the Jester |
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Dietrich Henschel as Narrator |
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Petr Popelka as Self – Conductor |
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Vlastimil Kobrle as Self – Concertmaster |
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Jon Gjesme as Self – Concertmaster |
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Petr Fiala as Self – Choirmaster |
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Josef Chabroň as Self – Choirmaster |
| Sound | Milan Jílek | Sound |
| Camera | Martin Kubala | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jindřich Juna | Editor |
| Editing | Dušan Lajda | Editor |
| Crew | Markéta Režová | Dramaturgy |
| Sound | Arnold Schönberg | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Tomáš Šimerda | Director |
| Sound | Jan Peška | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Radek Faltejsek | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Robert Novák | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Libor Hlavatý | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Robert Franz Arnold | Lyricist |
| Camera | Jiří Myslík | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Miroslav Hurt | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jiří Pešout | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Michal Novák | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Jan Červenka | Camera Operator |
| Production | Štěpánka Holubová | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jan Kvasnička | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Lukáš Boček | Gaffer |
| Sound | Jiří Gemrot | Music Director |
| Sound | Hana Bečková | Sound Assistant |
| Writing | Jiří Hubač | Creative Producer |
| Crew | Jens Peter Jacobsen | Poem |
| Camera | Daniel Souček | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Vladimír Bezděk ml. | Editor |
| Production | Aneta Myslivečková | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Eva Vihanová | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Aleš Malý | Camera Operator |
| Production | Kateřina Kovářová | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Kateřina Křížová | Assistant Director |
