The Last Supper

Archive Listings for The Last Supper

Three Latin Motets - T1943673575
13 Jun 09	Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75 listing details L304172094
T01618546291 (GLYND01) Sung in English with supertitles. Commissioned by Glyndebourne with Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and The Royal Festival Hall. Co-produced with the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.Company Glyndebourne Opera. Conductor Elgar Howarth. Director Martin Duncan. Choreographer Sean Walsh. Design Alison Chitty. Costume Alison Chitty. Lighting Wolfgang Gobbel. Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Company Glyndebourne Chorus. Performer William Dazeley (Jesus). Performer Susan Bickley (Ghost). Performer Thomas Randle (Judas). Performer Geoffrey Moses (Simon - also known as Peter). Performer Colin Judson (Andrew). Performer Andrew Watts (James). Performer Andrew Rupp (John). Performer Christopher Lemmings (Bartholomew). Performer Adrian Powter (Philip). Performer Michael Hart-Davis (Thomas). Performer Paul Reeves (Matthew). Performer Stephen Wallace (James the Less). Performer Simon Kirkbride (Jude - Thaddeus). Performer Hilton Marlton (Simon the Canaan).
4 Aug 01 to 26 Aug 01	Glyndebourne, Lewes :: V671 listing details L182147900
T01175276070 (RFH01) Concert PerformanceCompany Glyndebourne Touring Opera / Orchestra / Chorus. Conductor Elgar Howarth. Performer William Dazeley (Jesus).
26 Jan 01	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01133140515
T2074294990 (AUTTOUR00) UK premiere, commissioned by [Glyndebourne] with Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and the [Royal Festival Hall]. Sung in English with supertitles. By permission of Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers Limited. This performance lasts approximately 1hr 45mins with no interval.Company Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Conductor Elgar Howarth. Director Martin Duncan. Design Alison Chitty. Lighting Wolfgang Gobbel. Choreographer Sean Walsh. Company Glyndebourne Touring Opera Orchestra. Company The Glyndebourne Chorus. Performer William Dazeley (Jesus). Performer Susan Bickley (Ghost). Performer Thomas Randle (Judas). Performer Geoffrey Moses (Simon - also known as Peter). Performer Colin Judson (Andrew). Performer Andrew Watts (James). Performer Andrew Rupp (John). Performer Christopher Lemmings (Bartholomew). Performer Adrian Powter (Philip). Performer Michael Hart-Davis (Thomas). Performer Paul Reeves (Matthew). Performer Stephen Wallace (James the Less). Performer Simon Kirkbride (Jude - Thaddeus). Performer Hilton Marlton (Simon the Canaan).
7 Dec 00	Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent :: V124 listing details L02000283568
30 Nov 00	New Theatre (formerly known as Apollo Theatre), Oxford :: V802 listing details L274058384
25 Nov 00	Theatre Royal, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L01602398027
16 Nov 00	Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V754 listing details L01515400346
9 Nov 00	Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L1918982264
2 Nov 00	New Victoria Theatre, Woking :: V709 listing details L01489873091
21 Oct 00 to 27 Oct 00	Glyndebourne, Lewes :: V671 listing details L1972120353

Details

Opera or Operetta :: The twelve disciples are invited on our behalf by Ghost, a female representation of both Holy Spirit and Greek chorus, to another supper that will take place within a contemporary context. Memories of past events and the table from the upper room are reassembled from fragments. At the supper Christ 'washes the dust of centuries' from each of the disciples in turn, offering a ritualistic cleansing of the 'bestiality and vileness' of the intervening 2000 years. Robin Blaser makes this enquiry into the history of the Christian era through the use of some of the finest religious language, both liturgical and poetic, including quotations from Crashaw and Traherne. Birtwistle's music explores how history is transformed into myth, with the singers' text being refracted through a female off-stage 'chorus mysticus', and sustained in time by a pre-recorded 'chorus resonus'.

Music

Harrison Birtwistle