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Dark Spring is an opera about four young people under extreme pressure: the pressure to overachieve academically, to score high in the popularity contests at school or at college, and to perform romantically or sexually. The pressure has become entirely internalized as parents or teachers are absent and the protagonists are left alone with late capitalism’s demands of permanent self-optimization. The conflict between the expectation to succeed on the one hand and the sense of powerlessness and unattainable self-determination in an era of constant stagnation on the other hand grows increasingly acute until it eventually flips into violence: into Melchior’s sexual aggression and Moritz suicide.
The opera focuses less on the narration of the four young protagonists’ story but rather on their attempt to articulate and understand the often contradictory feelings that come with it: Feelings of meaninglessness and alienation in a society that values only productivity and success but makes it unreachable for almost everyone; feelings of pain both as suffering and as sexual experience; feelings of love and kinship that briefly appear between the protagonists that nevertheless bring a sense of vulnerability. In a hyper-competitive world the display of emotions is seen as a weakness and a liability. The longing to open up to someone else, to reveal and feel oneself and one another, and to find an expression for that longing seems unsettling and dangerous.
The four protagonists of Dark Spring sing songs. They articulate their feelings through the mask of the distancing formalization of rhyme, meter, stanza, and refrain. Under the surface of the objectified schemata of song an almost raw and undomesticated sound-world simmers, though, that breaks through at crucial points of the plot – a sound-world of noise, screams, and silence. © Oehms Classics
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Dark Spring, Pt. 1 Scene 1 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 1 Scene 2 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 1 Scene 3 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 2 Scene 4 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 2 Scene 5 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 2 Scene 6 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
DISC 2
Dark Spring, Pt. 2 Scene 6 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 3 Scene 8 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 3 Scene 9 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 3 Scene 10 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Magid El-Bushra, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Dark Spring, Pt. 4 Scene 11 (Hans Thomalla)
Alan Pierson, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Thomalla, Composer - Christopher Diffey, Artist, MainArtist - Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist - Shachar Lavi, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Hybiner, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
Album review
Dark Spring is an opera about four young people under extreme pressure: the pressure to overachieve academically, to score high in the popularity contests at school or at college, and to perform romantically or sexually. The pressure has become entirely internalized as parents or teachers are absent and the protagonists are left alone with late capitalism’s demands of permanent self-optimization. The conflict between the expectation to succeed on the one hand and the sense of powerlessness and unattainable self-determination in an era of constant stagnation on the other hand grows increasingly acute until it eventually flips into violence: into Melchior’s sexual aggression and Moritz suicide.
The opera focuses less on the narration of the four young protagonists’ story but rather on their attempt to articulate and understand the often contradictory feelings that come with it: Feelings of meaninglessness and alienation in a society that values only productivity and success but makes it unreachable for almost everyone; feelings of pain both as suffering and as sexual experience; feelings of love and kinship that briefly appear between the protagonists that nevertheless bring a sense of vulnerability. In a hyper-competitive world the display of emotions is seen as a weakness and a liability. The longing to open up to someone else, to reveal and feel oneself and one another, and to find an expression for that longing seems unsettling and dangerous.
The four protagonists of Dark Spring sing songs. They articulate their feelings through the mask of the distancing formalization of rhyme, meter, stanza, and refrain. Under the surface of the objectified schemata of song an almost raw and undomesticated sound-world simmers, though, that breaks through at crucial points of the plot – a sound-world of noise, screams, and silence. © Oehms Classics
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 01:25:18
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim Alan Pierson Shachar Lavi Magid El-Bushra Anna Hybiner Christopher Diffey
- Composer: Hans Thomalla
- Label: Oehms Classics
- Genre: Classical Opera
(C) 2021 Oehms Classics (P) 2021 Oehms Classics
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