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| Composer | Vivier, Claude (1948-1983) |
| Period | Modern |
| Year | 1979 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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Kopernikus revival finds inspiration – and cliché – in the afterlife
Composer Claude Vivier approaches the unknowable with a text delivered by a septet of vocalists in a language of his own invention. But the new production adds overly literal video, trading abstraction for the obvious.
Kopernikus: immersive, disorienting, thought-provoking
Against the Grain's production of Vivier's Kopernikus is an immersive and thought provoking realisation of the composer's late Opera – rituel de mort. It's music theatre of a rare intensity, brilliantly executed.
Kopernikus par Peter Sellars : un rituel d'ennui
Dans le cadre de sa collaboration avec le Festival d’Automne à Paris et le Théâtre du Capitole, le Théâtre Garonne de Toulouse programme cette année Kopernikus, un rituel de mort, opéra en deux parties de Claude Vivier.