This opera probes the mind of the great filmmaker Welles at the time of his death. Performance of the opera includes three films, and the opera itself has been presented as a film. Premiered in September 2018.
Contents:
Overture -- Maybe a man's name: our works in stone -- Everybody's Shakespeare: Jesus the days I've seen -- Lament for JacareĢ: j'accuse! -- First nach(t)musik: Ah -- The magnificent downbeats: I intended to portray a golden world -- All through: Marc, on fire, alone, at the piano -- Manhattan ambulance ride: give me the script -- Border sequence: the scene was conceived musically -- Card tricks & talk show badinage -- Second nach(t)musik: We're born alone -- Beatrice Welles practices Chopin, 1924: then I heard her again -- Consider the chimes: Come! Sing me a dirty song -- Serenade for Rita: Rita's face is not on the bomb by her own choosing -- Myocardial infarction: my two greatest assets have been mental stability -- Postlude: go on: our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared -- Charlie's rag (End title).
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