Name: The Book of Longing
Start: 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wheeler Centre

Organization

Zanger

Richard Piper

Leonard

Regisseur

Linda Thompson

Emily Burke

Soprano

Dimity Shepherd

Mezzo-soprano

Martin Buckingham

Tenor

Christopher Tonkin

Baritone

Caitlin Toohey

Genevieve Droppert

Alexandra Amerides

Contralto

Dirigent

Carlo Antonioli

Callum Warrener

Daniel Felton

Australian Contemporary Opera Co

Engels

The Book of Longing

Melbourne

Australië

Wheeler Centre

Performance Space

The Book of Longing Glass

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Broadcasting

Choreograaf

Chorus Director

Componist

Danser

Dramaturg

Extra

Geluidsontwerper

Haar stylist

Illustrator

Koor

Koor meester

Kostuum ontwerper

Librettist

Licht ontwerper

Orchestra Operations

Orkest

Other

Photographer

Poet

Répétiteur

Set designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Uitvoerend producent

Vertaler

Video ontwerper

Visagist

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

An evening-length work of poetry, music and image based on Leonard's book of 2006.

Humorous self parody, romantic longing, spiritual striving - a sampling of Cohen's poems that touch on romance, biography, balladry, the dharma, limericks and rhymes.

"I wanted the experience of listening to the piece to be similar to what happens when you look through a book of poems but you don't look at it sequentially," he says. "It's a random kind of thing but in the course of time you actually encounter all the different aspects of the piece."

Cohen was once asked, “is the music cabaret, theatrical, or classical?”

He responded “Glassical.”
This multi-dimensional performance combines poetry, music, images and text in a complex and intoxicating meeting of two musical icons: Leonard Cohen and Philip Glass.

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Composed by Philip Glass and adapted from Cohen’s 2006 poetry collection Book of Longing, this genre-defying work stars Richard Piper (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) and features four singers, ensemble, eight instrumentalists and imagery. Described as "part-song-cycle, part cabaret, part-installation" Book of Longing is a work that explores romance, biography, balladry, the dharma, limericks and rhymes.

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Glass is the long-reigning emperor of modern classical music. Cohen spent his career melding pop, folk and Euro-cabaret with his existential-meets-erotic confessional style. Here, they summon the best in each other with a work of feverish passion and wily humour, full of spiritual striving, romantic yearning and witty self parody.

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English

The Book of Longing by Glass, vr. 13 mei 2022, Van (2022/2022), Geregisseerd door Linda Thompson,, Dirigent Carlo Antonioli, Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, Australië

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