FULL La Passion de Simone (Kaija Saariaho) & The Juniper Tree (Phillip Glass) Los Angeles 2024
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: La Passion de Simone, The Juniper Tree
- Composer: Saariaho Kaija, Glass Phillip, Robert Moran
- Libretto: Amin Maalouf, Arthur Yorinks based on a fairy tale by the brothers Grimm Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Thornton OperaLab, Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building, USC Thornton, Los Angeles, California
- Recorded: April 20 & 21, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: see below
- Conductor:
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: USC Thornton School of Music Opera
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: Vimeo FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone is a meditative journey in 15 stations exploring the life-work of French philosopher Simone Weil. The Juniper Tree is based on the Grimm Brothers’ tale of the same name with composers Glass and Moran setting alternating scenes.
This double-bill will transport the audience to other worlds both sublime and grim.
La Passion de Simone
ROLES
Soloist
Simone
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
THU/SAT
Hannah Rice
Andrea Church
Chloe Sundet
Grace Jong
Stephan Lee
Adrian Melendrez
FRI/SUN
Graycen Gardner
Alondra Santos
Marina Beeson
Jordan Jones
Albert Ong Stanley
Mystique D’ Ardenne
The Juniper Tree
ROLES
Mother
Son
Stepmother
Father
Daughter
Bird Mother
Cobbler
The Goldsmith
Miller
Baby Birds
THU/SAT
Madeline Andriesen
Alondra Santos
Wooyoung Kim
Matthew Weir
Chloe Sundet
Xin Liang
Adrian Melendrez
Kevin Allen
Stephan Lee
Jenny Brown
Elysa Hernandez
Julia Kempf
Mady Tozer
FRI/SUN
Elicia Freeman
Joanna Kim
Brylan Finley
Mystique D’ Ardenne
Isabel Fernández
Yan Cui
Adrian Melendrez
Kevin Allen
Albert Ong Stanley
Jenny Brown
Elysa Hernandez
Julia Kempf
Mady Tozer