Oliver Leiths von der Kritik gefeierte Kammeroper "Last Days", basierend auf dem Gus Van Sants Kultfilm "Last Days", feierte im Oktober 2022 in einer ausverkauften Aufführungsreihe im Londoner Royal Opera House Premiere. Mit der bewährten Starbesetzung in ihren ursprünglichen Rollen entstand nun diese 90-minütige Studioaufnahme, auf der das 12-köpfige Ensemble unter der Leitung von Jack Sheen den Anker von Leiths straff ausgearbeiteter und zutiefst fantasievoller Partitur darstellt. - "Oliver Leith's score is a sonic tapestry interweaving delicate instrumental effects, 'found' sounds, and a cappella vocal timbres." - The Independent - "Leith's score, brilliantly rendered by 12 Ensemble under Jack Sheen, is starkly original." - Bachtrack - "Jack Sheen conducted the slick 12 Ensemble… balancing the push-pull sternness and rapture of a score that surely has a real future ahead." - Opera Tracklisting: A1. Prologue A2. Prologue, Scene 1: Blake in the Wilderness A3. Prologue, Scene 2: Home A4. Prologue, Scene 3: Wisdom of Birds A5. Act 1, Scene 1: Trip Calls A6. Act 1, Scene 2: A Package A7. Act 1, Scene 3: Blake Listens to Opera B1. Act 1, Scene 4: ConfusionA1. Confusion B2. Act 1, Scene 5: Friberg and Friberg B3. Act 1, Scene 6: He Said B4. Act 1, Scene 7: Chorus of Things B5. Act 1, Scene 8: The Magician Story C1. Act 2, Scene 1: Trip Calls Again C2. Act 2, Scene 2: His Understudy C3. Act 2, Scene 3: The Party C4. Act 2, Scene 4: The Super-fan C5. Act 2, Scene 5: Blake cleans the stage C6. Act 3, Scene 1: Blake in the Wilderness C7. Act 3, Scene 2: Trip Calls Again Again C8. Act 3, Scene 3: P.I. in the Wilderness C9. Act 3, Scene 4: The Magic Trick D1. Act 3, Scene 5: Intervention D2. Act 3, Scene 6: Abandoning Blake D3. Act 3, Scene 7: Voyage D4. Act 3, Scene 8: Death Part I D5. Act 3, Scene 8b: Death Part II
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