Nicholas Maw’s Sophie’s Choice

HISTORY

Premiere Royal House Covent Garden, London: December 2002, with the following cast: Sophie Zawistowska, Angelika Kirchschlager; Nathan Landau, Rod Gilfry; Stingo, Gordon Gietz; Narrator, Dale Duesing; Conductor, Sir Simon Rattle; Director, Sir Trevor Nunn

Last Performed at Washington National Opera September-October, 2006 in the Kennedy Center Opera House, directed by Markus Bothe, conducted by Marin Alsop with the following cast: Sophie Zawistowska, Angelika Kirchschlager; Nathan Landau, Rod Gilfry/Scott Hendricks ; Stingo, Gordon Gietz; Narrator, Dale Duesing

Selected Works by Scenes and Arias (for soloists and orchestra) , August 31, 1962; BBC Proms, , London One Man Show (opera), November 12, 1964; Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London The Rising of the Moon (opera), July 19, 1970; Glyndebourne Festival Life Studies (for solo strings), July 19, 1973; Town Hall, Cheltenham La Vita Nuova (for soprano and chamber orchestra), September 2, 1979; Round House, London Ghost Dances (Imaginary Ballet for 5 players), May 16, 1988; Merlin Hall, Roman Canticle (for voice, flute, viola, and harp), November 4, 1989; , London Piano Trio , May 25, 1991; Bath Festival, University of Bath Violin Concerto , 1993; London and New York Odyssey (for orchestra) 1987; BBC Proms, London; American Premiere: St. Louis and Carnegie Hall, New York, 1994 Concerto for Cor Anglais , April 27, 2005; Kimmel Center, Philadelphia Sophie’s Choice (opera), December 10, 2002; Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Concert Suite from Sophie’s Choice , April 24, 2004; Peabody Institute, Baltimore

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