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Thomalla: Dark Spring / Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
Oehms Classics

Thomalla: Dark Spring / Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra

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Composer
THOMALLA, HANS
Artist
Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Pierson
Format
CD
Label
Oehms Classics
Released
Nov 26, 2021
Catalog #
OC994
UPC
4260034869943

About

Dark Spring is an opera about four young people under extreme pressure: the pressure to overachieve academically, to score high in the popularity contests at school or at college, and to perform romantically or sexually. The pressure has become entirely internalized as parents or teachers are absent and the protagonists are left alone with late capitalism’s demands of permanent self-optimization. The conflict between the expectation to succeed on the one hand and the sense of powerlessness and unattainable self-determination in an era of constant stagnation on the other hand grows increasingly acute until it eventually flips into violence: into Melchior’s sexual aggression and Moritz suicide. The opera focuses less on the narration of the four young protagonists’ story but rather on their attempt to articulate and understand the often contradictory feelings that come with it: Feelings of meaninglessness and alienation in a society that values only productivity and success but makes it unreachable for almost everyone; feelings of pain both as suffering and as sexual experience; feelings of love and kinship that briefly appear between the protagonists that nevertheless bring a sense of vulnerability. In a hyper-competitive world the display of emotions is seen as a weakness and a liability. The longing to open up to someone else, to reveal and feel oneself and one another, and to find an expression for that longing seems unsettling and dangerous. The four protagonists of Dark Spring sing songs. They articulate their feelings through the mask of the distancing formalization of rhyme, meter, stanza, and refrain. Under the surface of the objectified schemata of song an almost raw and undomesticated sound-world simmers, though, that breaks through at crucial points of the plot – a sound-world of noise, screams, and silence.

Tracklist 29 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 This dress is not too short (Wendla, Ilse) 00:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    This dress is not too short (Wendla, Ilse)
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi, Anna Hybiner
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  3. 2 Boys! Boys! (Wendla, Ilse) 01:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    Boys! Boys! (Wendla, Ilse)
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi, Anna Hybiner
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  4. 3 Melchior Gabor, he told me once he does not believe in anything (Wendla, Ilse) 00:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    Melchior Gabor, he told me once he does not believe in anything (Wendla, Ilse)
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi, Anna Hybiner
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  5. 4 He told me once (Wendla) 04:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    He told me once (Wendla)
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  6. 5 I'd like to know why we really are on earth (Melchior, Moritz) 01:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    I'd like to know why we really are on earth (Melchior, Moritz)
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Christopher Diffey, Magid El-Bushra
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  7. 6 I am telling you this place is a dark wood (Moritz) 04:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    I am telling you this place is a dark wood (Moritz)
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Magid El-Bushra
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  8. 7 Wendla, I keep thinking I can hold you in a name (Melchior) 03:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    Wendla, I keep thinking I can hold you in a name (Melchior)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  9. 8 It's me! (Wendla, Melchior) 01:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    It's me! (Wendla, Melchior)
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi, Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  10. 9 Would you like to beat me? (Wendla, Melchior) 03:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Would you like to beat me? (Wendla, Melchior)
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi, Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  11. 10 Zwischenmusik 1 02:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    Zwischenmusik 1
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  12. 11 One must, one must, one must love! (Ilse, Wendla) 03:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    One must, one must, one must love! (Ilse, Wendla)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Anna Hybiner, Shachar Lavi
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  13. 12 I don't know, I don't care! (Moritz, Wendla, Ilse, Melchior) 01:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    I don't know, I don't care! (Moritz, Wendla, Ilse, Melchior)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Magid El-Bushra, Shachar Lavi, Anna Hybiner, Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  14. 13 I passed, I passed, I passed! (Moritz, Melchior, Wendla, Ilse) 03:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    I passed, I passed, I passed! (Moritz, Melchior, Wendla, Ilse)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Magid El-Bushra, Christopher Diffey, Shachar Lavi, Anna Hybiner
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  15. 14 I feel so strangely spiritualized (Moritz) 03:18
    Track
    14
    Title
    I feel so strangely spiritualized (Moritz)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Magid El-Bushra
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  16. 15 Here is where you've hidden yourself! (Wendla, Melchior) 01:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    Here is where you've hidden yourself! (Wendla, Melchior)
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi, Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  17. 16 Don't kiss me! (Wendla, Melchior) 05:05
    Track
    16
    Title
    Don't kiss me! (Wendla, Melchior)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi, Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  18. 17 Zwischenmusik 2 01:08
    Track
    17
    Title
    Zwischenmusik 2
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  19. Disc 2
  20. 1 Don't you sleep? (Moritz, Melchior) 02:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    Don't you sleep? (Moritz, Melchior)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Magid El-Bushra, Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  21. 2 I have no desire (Moritz, Melchior) 04:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    I have no desire (Moritz, Melchior)
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Magid El-Bushra, Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  22. 3 I do not know, indeed I do not know (Wendla) 06:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    I do not know, indeed I do not know (Wendla)
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  23. 4 Zwischenmusik 3 01:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    Zwischenmusik 3
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  24. 5 All day it looked like rain but did not rain (Moritz) 02:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    All day it looked like rain but did not rain (Moritz)
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Magid El-Bushra
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  25. 6 What are you hunting, what have you lost? (Ilse) 03:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    What are you hunting, what have you lost? (Ilse)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Anna Hybiner
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  26. 7 Why did you frighten me so? (Ilse, Moritz) 01:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    Why did you frighten me so? (Ilse, Moritz)
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Anna Hybiner, Magid El-Bushra
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  27. 8 Do you remember how we used to play? (Ilse, Wendla, Melchior, Moritz) 03:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Do you remember how we used to play? (Ilse, Wendla, Melchior, Moritz)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Anna Hybiner, Shachar Lavi, Christopher Diffey, Magid El-Bushra
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  28. 9 I must go (Ilse, Moritz) 00:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    I must go (Ilse, Moritz)
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Anna Hybiner, Magid El-Bushra
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  29. 10 It's getting dark (Moritz) 06:03
    Track
    10
    Title
    It's getting dark (Moritz)
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Magid El-Bushra
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  30. 11 Zwischenmusik 4 01:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    Zwischenmusik 4
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  31. 12 Be cheerful, Wendla, be cheerful! (Wendla, Ilse, Melchior) 07:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    Be cheerful, Wendla, be cheerful! (Wendla, Ilse, Melchior)
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Shachar Lavi, Anna Hybiner, Christopher Diffey
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson