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Importance of Being Earnest Contact: Katherine E. Johnson (212) 875-5718; [email protected] Lincoln Center Contact: Eric Gewirtz (212) 875-5049; [email protected] JUNE 2–4, 2016, AT ROSE THEATER AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: Part of the LINCOLN CENTER–NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC OPERA INITIATIVE CONTACT! at the Biennial: U.S. Stage Premiere of Gerald BARRY’s The Importance of Being Earnest During the NY PHIL BIENNIAL, Ilan Volkov will conduct a chamber orchestra of New York Philharmonic musicians in the U.S. Stage Premiere of Gerald Barry’s (Ireland, b. 1952) The Importance of Being Earnest (2010), an operatic take on Oscar Wilde’s comedy, co-presented with Lincoln Center’s Great Performers as part of CONTACT!, the Philharmonic’s new-music series, at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Gerald Barry’s libretto and score for chamber orchestra enhance the ridiculous situations of Oscar Wilde’s comedy, reflecting what Barry calls the play’s “ruthless ecstasy.” For instance, Gerald Barry casts Lady Bracknell as a bass and presents familiar tunes in musically unexpected, untraditional ways, such as an atonal version of “Auld lang syne” and Lady Bracknell’s rendition of “Ode to Joy.” The recording of the work on NMC received a 2016 Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Gerald Barry studied with Stockhausen and Kagel in the 1970s, developing a distinct style comprising intense, edgy, and humorous sound worlds. This production was originally presented at London’s Royal Opera House in June 2013; the director, Ramin Gray, and many of the cast members from this staging will reassemble for the NY PHIL BIENNIAL/Great Performers engagement, all in their Philharmonic debuts: bass Simon Wilding as Lane/Merriman, baritone Benedict Nelson as Algernon Moncrieff, tenor Paul Curievici as John Worthing, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Marshall as Gwendolen Fairfax, bass Alan Ewing as Lady Bracknell, contralto Hilary Summers as Miss Prism, soprano Claudia Boyle as Cecily Cardew, and Kevin West as The Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. Co-commissioned by London’s Barbican Centre and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Importance of Being Earnest received its concert premiere by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in April 2011, led by Thomas Adès, and its first stage performance at the Opéra national de Lorraine in March 2013, led by Tito Muñoz. It received the 2013 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Large-Scale Composition. The Guardian called the work “that rarest of things in contemporary music, a genuinely comic opera.” Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest will be the second presentation as part of the multi-year Lincoln Center–New York Philharmonic Opera Initiative, which presents fully staged productions of significant modern operas never before seen in New York. The collaboration was launched with the critically acclaimed U.S. Stage Premiere of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin, with Alan Gilbert conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival in August 2015. There will be a pre-performance discussion with composer Gerald Barry and WNYC’s John Schaefer on Friday, June 3, 2016, at 6:15 p.m. at the Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman Studio. This production is co-presented by the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers as part of the Lincoln Center–New York Philharmonic Opera Initiative. Related Events Play Date All audience members attending the performance on June 4 are invited to the NY PHIL BIENNIAL Play Date, a meet-up with composers and performers over cocktails, at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. #biennialist The New York Philharmonic invites audience members to be a #biennialist. The five attendees who attend the most NY PHIL BIENNIAL events and post about it on social media will win a free pair of tickets to the final concert, featuring the New York Philharmonic conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, June 11 at 7:00 p.m at David Geffen Hall. Additional prizes and offerings for #biennialists will be offered; follow the New York Philharmonic on its social media channels (instagram.com/nyphilharmonic and twitter.com/nyphil) for more information. Pre-Performance Discussion Composer Gerald Barry will speak about The Importance of Being Earnest with WNYC’s John Schaefer on Friday, June 3, 2016, at 6:15 p.m. at the Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman Studio. About the NY PHIL BIENNIAL A flagship project of the New York Philharmonic, the NY PHIL BIENNIAL is a wide-ranging exploration of today’s music that brings together an international roster of composers, performers, and curatorial voices for concerts presented both on the Lincoln Center campus and with partners in venues throughout the city. The second NY PHIL BIENNIAL, taking place May 23–June 11, 2016, will feature diverse programs — ranging from solo works to a chamber opera to large scale symphonies — by more than 100 composers, more than half of whom are American; present some of the country’s top music schools and youth choruses; and expand to more New York City neighborhoods. A range of events and activities will engender an ongoing dialogue among artists, composers, and audience members. Partners in the 2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL include National Sawdust; 92nd Street Y; Aspen Music Festival and School; Interlochen Center for the Arts; League of Composers/ISCM; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; LUCERNE FESTIVAL; MetLiveArts; New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival; Whitney Museum of American Art; WQXR’s Q2 Music; and Yale School of Music. For complete information about the 2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL, see press release. About Lincoln Center’s Great Performers Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Lincoln Center’s Great Performers offers classical and contemporary music performances from the world’s outstanding symphony orchestras, vocalists, chamber ensembles, and recitalists. Since its initiation in 1965, the series, presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA), has expanded to include significant emerging artists and premieres of groundbreaking productions, with offerings from October through June in Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and other performance spaces around New York City. LCPA maintains a strong commitment to contemporary programming, including composer commissions and residencies. A presenter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivals, which also include American Songbook, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award–winning Live From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS. Artists Born in Israel in 1976, Ilan Volkov began his conducting career at the age of 19. Following studies at London’s Royal College of Music, he held posts including principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and principal conductor and then principal guest conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. From 2011 to 2014 he was music director and principal conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra; his arrival coincided with the opening of Harpa, Reykjavík’s new concert hall, and his tenure included the creation of the Tectonics Festival, which combined classical modern music improvisation, electronics, rock and other new-music genres and which, since 2014, expanded with residencies in cities like Glasgow, Adelaide, Oslo, New York, Tel Aviv, and London. A frequent guest with leading orchestras worldwide, Ilan Volkov works regularly with a wide range of ensembles and appears in many of the foremost festivals of the world, including Salzburg, Edinburgh, BBC Proms, Lucerne, and Berlin. Highlights include performances with the BBC Symphony and Stuttgart Opera, as well as City of Birmingham Symphony, SWR Stuttgart, Atlanta Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, WDR Köln, and Oslo Philharmonic orchestras. Equally interested in opera, He has conducted Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin for San Francisco Opera, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Glyndebourne Festival, Britten’s Peter Grimes for Washington National Opera, Weill’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle with Israeli Opera. Ilan Volkov is one of the guiding forces behind Levontin 7, one of the most adventurous venues in Tel Aviv, which brings together classical, jazz, electronic, rock and other musical genres, reflecting his determination to keep alive the creative spirit and sense of artistic adventure that shaped so many late 20th- century works. Ramin Gray (director) was born in London and grew up in Oxford, Tehran, New York, and Paris. He studied at Oxford University and trained on the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme at Liverpool Playhouse. In the 1990s he directed new plays by playwrights including Jon Fosse, Paul Godfrey, and Gregory Motton at the Gate Theatre, Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe, and Théâtre de Gennevilliers. In 2000 he joined the Royal Court as International Associate and went on to work there until 2009 as associate director, directing World or U.K. Premieres by such playwrights as Marius von Mayenburg, Mark Ravenhill, Roland Schimmelpfennig, and Simon Stephens. Other work includes productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Salzburg Festival, Vienna Schauspielhaus, and Moscow’s Praktika Theatre. He is artistic director of the Actors
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