Tafreshipour: The Doll Behind the Curtain - Opera / Wiman, Athelas Sinfonietta
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Tafreshipour: The Doll Behind the Curtain - Opera / Wiman, Athelas Sinfonietta

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Composer
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
Artist
Jonathan Von Schwanenflugel, Per Bach Nissen, Thomas Storm, Maria Dreisig, Signe Sneh Durholm, Eleno
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 06, 2023
Catalog #
BIS-2596
UPC
7318590025963

About

Based on the short story by the same name by Sadeq Hedayat (1903–51), Iran’s first modernist writer, The Doll behind the Curtain is an opera from Iranian-Danish composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour and librettist Dominic Power. It explores themes of alienation, the mysteries of human sexuality and the dissonance, both musical and cultural, between East and West and tradition and modernity. Set in Le Havre and Tehran during the 1930s, the opera tells the story of Mehrdad, a shy Iranian student studying in the French harbour city. After having found a mannequin in a junk shop, he becomes obsessed with its flawless and unchanging beauty and brings it back home to Tehran. His infatuation and inner conflict cause him to destroy his own life and that of his fiancée Bita, struggling to compete with her silent rival. An original and challenging work of musical theatre, The Doll behind the Curtain was composed in 2015 and is Tafreshipour’s first opera as well as the first Iranian opera with an English libretto. It was premièred in London in 2015 and is here heard in a recording by the team that also performed it at the Royal Danish Opera in 2020.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Opening 01:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Opening
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  2. 2 Act I Scene 1: What is it she wants to tell me? (Mehrdad) 01:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: What is it she wants to tell me? (Mehrdad)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Jonathan von Schwanenflügel
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  3. 3 Act I Scene 2: One of the pleasures of Le Havre … Yes I am, sir (Maître, Mehrdad, Mother, Bita) 17:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: One of the pleasures of Le Havre … Yes I am, sir (Maître, Mehrdad, Mother, Bita)
    Duration
    17:52
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Per Bach Nissen, Jonathan von Schwanenflügel, Elenor Wiman, Signe Sneh Durholm
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  4. 4 Act I Scene 3: Giselle! You've sat there for an hour … Yes, Grandfather (Tombeau, Giselle, Mehrdad) 11:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Giselle! You've sat there for an hour … Yes, Grandfather (Tombeau, Giselle, Mehrdad)
    Duration
    11:09
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Thomas Storm, Marie Dreisig, Jonathan von Schwanenflügel
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  5. 5 Act I Scene 4: No woman I have ever seen (Mehrdad) 03:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 4: No woman I have ever seen (Mehrdad)
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Jonathan von Schwanenflügel
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  6. 6 Act II Scene 1: Mehrdad, I call you beloved … Mehrdad, my son (Bita, Mother, Father, Mehrdad) 07:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Mehrdad, I call you beloved … Mehrdad, my son (Bita, Mother, Father, Mehrdad)
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Signe Sneh Durholm, Elenor Wiman, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jonathan von Schwanenflügel
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  7. 7 Act II Scene 2: Now it is winter … Different (Bita, Giselle, Mother, Mehrdad) 00:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Now it is winter … Different (Bita, Giselle, Mother, Mehrdad)
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Signe Sneh Durholm, Marie Dreisig, Elenor Wiman, Jonathan von Schwanenflügel
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  8. 8 Act II Scene 3: Bita, my dear, come … Have you seen him? (Mother, Bita) 04:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Bita, my dear, come … Have you seen him? (Mother, Bita)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Elenor Wiman, Signe Sneh Durholm
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  9. 9 Act II Scene 4: Bita … Yes (Mehrdad, Bita) 00:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Bita … Yes (Mehrdad, Bita)
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Jonathan von Schwanenflügel, Signe Sneh Durholm
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  10. 10 Act II Scene 5: Ay, this weather … Yes, father (Father, Mehrdad) 06:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Ay, this weather … Yes, father (Father, Mehrdad)
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jonathan von Schwanenflügel
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  11. 11 Act II Scene 6: Is this my rival? (Bita) 02:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II Scene 6: Is this my rival? (Bita)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Signe Sneh Durholm
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  12. 12 Act II Scene 7: Every city has its secrets … She came from Paris (Maître, Giselle, Tombeau, Mother, Father) 01:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II Scene 7: Every city has its secrets … She came from Paris (Maître, Giselle, Tombeau, Mother, Father)
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Per Bach Nissen, Marie Dreisig, Thomas Storm, Elenor Wiman, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
  13. 13 Act II Scene 8: Another night in the vortex … Bita, come and heal my body (Mehrdad, Giselle, Mother, Bita) 08:14
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II Scene 8: Another night in the vortex … Bita, come and heal my body (Mehrdad, Giselle, Mother, Bita)
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour
    Performer
    Jonathan von Schwanenflügel, Marie Dreisig, Elenor Wiman, Signe Sneh Durholm
    Ensemble
    Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard