''Heart Chamber'' is an English-language opera in two acts by

Chaya Czernowin Chaya Czernowin (, ; born December 7, 1957) is an Israeli American composer, and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University. She is the lead composer at the Schloß Solitude Sommerakademie, a biannual international academy of c ...

to a libretto by the composer, and which premiered at 15 November 2019 at the

Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet. Since 2004, the ...

.Czernowin's Heart Chamber stirs passions at Deutsche Oper Berlin
/ref> It has also been described as music theater. The opera is scored for 5 vocalists, 5 instrumental soloists, choir, orchestra, and electronics.

Performance history

''Heart Chamber'' premiered on 15 November 2019 in at the

. The production was directed by

Claus Guth Claus Guth (born 1964) is a German theatre director, focused on opera. He has directed operas at major houses and festivals, including world premieres such as works of the Munich Biennale, and Berio's '' Cronaca del luogo'' at the Salzburg Festiv ...

and conducted by

Johannes Kalitzke Johannes Kalitzke (born 12 February 1959) is a German composer and conductor. After studying in Cologne and at the IRCAM in Paris, he was chief conductor at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen for several years, then led the ensemble musi ...

. The cast included

Patrizia Ciofi Patrizia Ciofi (born 7 June 1967) is an Italian operatic coloratura soprano. Career Born in Casole d'Elsa, Ciofi studied at the Istituto Musicale Pietro Mascagni in Livorno. She subsequently took part in master classes at the Accademia Musicale ...

, Dietrich Henschel, Noa Frenkel, and Terry Way. Due to the work's musical style, which requires quiet singing and vocalizations, all the singers in the production were amplified.

Roles

Recording

*DVD

, Noa Frenkel, Dietrich Henschel,

Terry Wey Terry Wey (born 15 September 1985) is a classical countertenor, specialising in historically informed performance. As a boy soprano, he was a soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben. Born in Bern in a Swiss-American family of musicians, Wey began his ...

, Ensemble Nikel, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin,

. Naxos 2020

References

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