Oceane (Live) Chor und Orchestar der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Donald Runnicles

• Detlev Glanert (b. 1960): Act I Scene 1:
• 1Oceane, Act I Scene 1: Introduction (Live)04:43
• Act I Scene 2:
• 2Oceane, Act I Scene 2: Schluss jetzt! (Live)03:56
• 3Oceane, Act I Scene 2: Willkommen! (Live)04:09
• 4Oceane, Act I Scene 2: Liebe Freunde, liebe Gäste (Live)05:35
• 5Oceane, Act I Scene 2: Polka Schottisch (Live)05:35
• 6Oceane, Act I Scene 2: So schnell schon verzaubert? (Live)04:29
• 7Oceane, Act I Scene 2: Galopp! (Live)04:05
• 8Oceane, Act I Scene 2: Intermezzo (Live)02:30
• Act I Scene 3:
• 9Oceane, Act I Scene 3: Ich habe getanzt (Live)01:41
• 10Oceane, Act I Scene 3: Oceane, keine Angst (Live)04:20
• 11Oceane, Act I Scene 3: Ah, er ist fort (Live)03:21
• Act II Scene 1:
• 12Oceane, Act II Scene 1: Introduction (Live)02:11
• Act II Scene 2:
• 13Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Oceane! Oh Gott! Ist er tot? (Live)05:28
• 14Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Das Picknick wartet (Live)04:48
• 15Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Danket alle Gott! (Live)03:27
• 16Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Es gibt ein Wort (Live)03:52
• 17Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Oceane! Ja! Ja! Meine Geliebte! (Live)04:40
• 18Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Der letzte Tag (Live)03:22
• 19Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Die Fähre wartet (Live)07:53
• 20Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Herr von Dircksen! (Live)03:47
• 21Oceane, Act II Scene 2: Laub, Schnee (Live)05:33
• Act II Scene 3:
• 22Oceane, Act II Scene 3: Ich gehe fort (Live)05:49
• Total Runtime01:35:14

Info for Oceane (Live)

Detlev Glanert (b. 1960) is a contemporary German composer who found early success with his opera Der Spiegel des großen Kaisers (‘The Big Emperor’s Mirror’), which won the Rolf Liebermann Opera Award in 1995. His newest stage work, Oceane, was premiered on April 28, 2019 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. It enthused both the audience and critics and was hailed as “one of the most exciting new operas of recent times” by the Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. Glanert and the writer Hans- Ulrich Treichel conceived the libretto loosely according to Theodor Fontane's fragment Oceane von Parceval. It tells the story of Oceane, a mystical female creature of the sea, that comes to land in search of the ability to feel emotions.

The world premiere recording was recorded by the Orchestra and Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the baton of Donald Runnicles. Maria Bengtsson excels with her ethereal silver soprano voice in the title role; the tenor Nikolai Schukoff as Martin von Dircksen succeeds in portraying the human inability to recognise the true essence of a creature beyond a dazzling exterior.

Maria Bengtsson, soprano (Oceane von Parceval)
Nikolai Schukoff, tenor (Martin von Dircksen)
Christoph Pohl, baritone (Dr. Albert Felgentreu)
Nicole Haslett, soprano (Kristina)
Albert Pesendorfer, bass (Pastor Baltzer)
Doris Soffel Madame, mezzosoprano (Louise)
Stephen Bronk, bass (Georg)
Choir and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Donald Runnicles
is the General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Music Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival (Jackson, Wyoming), as well as the Principal Guest Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He was recently named Conductor Emeritus of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, having served as its Chief Conductor from 2009-2016. Maestro Runnicles enjoys close and enduring relationships with several of the most significant opera companies and symphony orchestras, and he is especially celebrated for his interpretations of Romantic and post-Romantic symphonic and opera repertoire which are core to his musical identity.

In the 2017-18 season, Maestro Runnicles will lead the complete “Ring” cycle at the San Francisco Opera, and returns to the Metropolitan Opera to conduct Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. He also guest conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony. In Europe and elsewhere, he returns to the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Staatskapelle Dresden, BBC Scottish Symphony, and the Sydney Symphony for two subscription weeks. Opera productions include the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s L’Invisible and a new production of Strauss’ Die Fledermaus with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Strauss’ Salome at the Hannover Staatstheater.

Donald Runnicles’ previous posts include Music Director of the San Francisco Opera (1992-2008), during which he led world premieres of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic, Conrad Susa's Les Liaisons dangereuses, and the U.S. premiere of Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise; Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York City (2001-2007); and General Music Director of the Theater Freiburg and Orchestra (1989-1993).

Mr. Runnicles' extensive discography includes complete recordings of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, Mozart’s Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Britten’s Billy Budd, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi. His recording of Wagner arias with tenor Jonas Kaufmann and the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin won the 2013 Gramophone prize for Best Vocal Recording, and his recording of Janáček's Jenůfa with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin was nominated for a 2015 GRAMMY award for Best Opera Recording.

Donald Runnicles was appointed OBE in 2004. He holds honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

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