Samstag aus Licht
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Samstag aus Licht, opera in a salute, three scenes and a farewell
Commissioned by La Scala, Milan.
Composition: 1981-1983.
First performance: May 25, 1984, at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Publisher: Stockhausen Verlag.
Samstag aus Licht is Lucifer's day: the day of death, of the dance of death, of farewell and the passage to the light. Written between 1981 and 1984, the opera resembles a long, mysterious prayer, articulated by a salute and four scenes dedicated to Michael's enemy brother: his reverie, his feigned death, the dance of his face and his farewell.
Structure
Opera in one salute and four scenes for 13 soloists (1 solo voice, 10 solo instrumentalists, 2 solo dancers), harmony, ballet or mime, male chorus with organ
Samstags-Gruss (Saturday Salute)
First scene
Luzifers Traum (Lucifer's Dream)
Second scene
Kathinkas Gesang als Luzifers Requiem (Kathinka's Song as Lucifer's Requiem)
Third scene
Luzifers Tanz(Lucifer's Dance)
Fourth scene
Luzifers Abschied (Lucifer's Farewell)
This production premieres on June 28, 2019 at the Philharmonie de Paris.
Musical direction Maxime Pascal
Stage direction Damien Bigourdan
Visual creation Nieto
Sound projection Florent Derex
Vocal director Alain Muller
Costumes Pascale Lavandier
Scenography Myrtille Debièvre
Prop master Marguerite Lantz
Lighting design Catherine Verheyde
Assistant director Agathe Cemin
Cast
Lucifer Damien Pass, bass
Lucifer's dream player Alphonse Cemin, piano
Chat noir Kathinka Claire Luquiens (2nd scene), Julie Brunet-Jailly (3rd scene), flute.
Les six sens mortels Alice Caubit (sight), Akino Kamiya (hearing), Frédéric Blondy (smell), Arthur Lavandier (taste), Othman Louati (touch), Clotilde Lacroix (thought)
Lucifer's giant face Orchestre d'harmonie du Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris (3rd stage)
Ribbon dancer Emmanuelle Grach (3rd stage)
Michaël Henri Deléger, trumpet (3rd stage)
Percussions François-Xavier Plancqueel (3rd stage)
3×13 moines Chœur de l'Armée française & Le Balcon. Choirmaster: Emilie Fleury
Un diable à trombone Mathieu Adam (4th stage)
Organ Sarah Kim or Ayumi Taga (4th stage)
Coproduction Le Balcon, Ircam-Centre Pompidou, Philharmonie de Paris. Dans le cadre de ManiFeste-2019 – festival de l’Ircam.
Programme CERNI du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, la Caisse des Dépôts, la Mairie de Paris, la Fondation Singer-Polignac.
