The
Enchanted Island
For more information contact Peggy Monastra, peggy.monastra@schirmer.com, 212-254-2100.
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Perusal scores:
Devised and written by Jeremy Sams
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The Music Sales Group of Companies USA: G. Schirmer, Inc. Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
UK: Chester Music Ltd Novello & Co Ltd
France: Alphonse Leduc Chant du Monde Chester Music France Les Editions Choudens
Spain: Uniรณn Musical Ediciones
Denmark: Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS
Germany: Music Sales Classical Berlin
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Australia: G. Schirmer Pty Ltd publishing@musicsales.com.au
classical.berlin@musicsales.co.uk
Learn more about The Enchanted Island at www.musicsalesclassical.com. Photos of The Enchanted Island by Julian Crouch of the Metropolitan Opera.
The Enchanted Island
synopsis
Devised and written by Jeremy Sams World Premiere: December 2011, The Metropolitan Opera
cast
creative team
PROSPERO - David Daniels
JEREMY SAMS, Libretto & lyrics
SYCORAX - Joyce DiDonato
WILLIAM CHRISTIE, Conductor
ARIEL - Danielle de Niese
PHELIM McDERMOTT, Director
CALIBAN - Luca Pisaroni
KEVIN POLLARD, Costume Designer
NEPTUNE- Placido Domingo MIRANDA - Lisette Oropesa
BRIAN MacDEVITT, Lighting designer GRACIELA DANIELE, Choreographer
FERDINAND - Anthony Roth Constanzo
ELLEN ROSAND, Musical Advisor
HELENA - Layla Claire
JULIAN CROUCH, Associate Director & Set Designer
DEMETRIUS - Paul Appleby LYSANDER - Elliot Madore HERMIA - Elizabeth DeShong
The Enchanted Island combines a trove of rare Baroque vocal gems by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others with a delightful new libretto in English by Jeremy Sams. This fresh and entertaining celebration of the Baroque has been tailormade by Sams (a noted British director, translator and composer) to showcase the talents of conductor William Christie and a starry cast: David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Danielle de Niese, Luca Pisaroni, and Placido Domingo. The production will be directed by Phelim McDermott and associate director/designer Julian Crouch (Satyagraha, Shockheaded Peter, and the Met’s 125th Anniversary Gala). The Enchanted Island will premiere on New Year’s Eve 2011. The Enchanted Island combines Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Prospero, exiled to a remote island, seeks to reconcile with his family and ensure his daughter Miranda’s future through her marriage to Prince Ferdinand. He promises to grant his sprite servant Ariel his freedom if he can bring Ferdinand’s ship to the island, but Ariel shipwrecks the four honeymooning Dream lovers by mistake, mismatching them romantically with Miranda and Caliban, Prospero’s slave. Meanwhile, Caliban schemes with his mother, the disgraced sorceress Sycorax, to regain control of the island which Prospero seized from her. In the end, it is left to the sea god Neptune to intervene and bring Ferdinand’s ship to the island, where Ferdinand delivers the King’s pardon to Prospero and falls in love with Miranda on first sight. Prospero must then seek forgiveness from Sycorax so that peace may reign and all may celebrate a new time of peace and joy.
The Enchanted Island
synopsis
Devised and written by Jeremy Sams World Premiere: December 2011, The Metropolitan Opera
cast
creative team
PROSPERO - David Daniels
JEREMY SAMS, Libretto & lyrics
SYCORAX - Joyce DiDonato
WILLIAM CHRISTIE, Conductor
ARIEL - Danielle de Niese
PHELIM McDERMOTT, Director
CALIBAN - Luca Pisaroni
KEVIN POLLARD, Costume Designer
NEPTUNE- Placido Domingo MIRANDA - Lisette Oropesa
BRIAN MacDEVITT, Lighting designer GRACIELA DANIELE, Choreographer
FERDINAND - Anthony Roth Constanzo
ELLEN ROSAND, Musical Advisor
HELENA - Layla Claire
JULIAN CROUCH, Associate Director & Set Designer
DEMETRIUS - Paul Appleby LYSANDER - Elliot Madore HERMIA - Elizabeth DeShong
The Enchanted Island combines a trove of rare Baroque vocal gems by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others with a delightful new libretto in English by Jeremy Sams. This fresh and entertaining celebration of the Baroque has been tailormade by Sams (a noted British director, translator and composer) to showcase the talents of conductor William Christie and a starry cast: David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Danielle de Niese, Luca Pisaroni, and Placido Domingo. The production will be directed by Phelim McDermott and associate director/designer Julian Crouch (Satyagraha, Shockheaded Peter, and the Met’s 125th Anniversary Gala). The Enchanted Island will premiere on New Year’s Eve 2011. The Enchanted Island combines Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Prospero, exiled to a remote island, seeks to reconcile with his family and ensure his daughter Miranda’s future through her marriage to Prince Ferdinand. He promises to grant his sprite servant Ariel his freedom if he can bring Ferdinand’s ship to the island, but Ariel shipwrecks the four honeymooning Dream lovers by mistake, mismatching them romantically with Miranda and Caliban, Prospero’s slave. Meanwhile, Caliban schemes with his mother, the disgraced sorceress Sycorax, to regain control of the island which Prospero seized from her. In the end, it is left to the sea god Neptune to intervene and bring Ferdinand’s ship to the island, where Ferdinand delivers the King’s pardon to Prospero and falls in love with Miranda on first sight. Prospero must then seek forgiveness from Sycorax so that peace may reign and all may celebrate a new time of peace and joy.
The
Enchanted Island
For more information contact Peggy Monastra, peggy.monastra@schirmer.com, 212-254-2100.
ORDERING INFORMATION Rental orders and fee quotations: Zinfonia.com or MusicSalesClassical.com/licensing
Perusal scores:
Devised and written by Jeremy Sams
MusicaSalesClassical.com/OnDemand
Sales materials: MusicDispatch.com or MusicRoom.com or your music dealer
Publisher and Agency Representation for the Music Sales Group: MusicSalesClassical.com/rental
The Music Sales Group of Companies USA: G. Schirmer, Inc. Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
UK: Chester Music Ltd Novello & Co Ltd
France: Alphonse Leduc Chant du Monde Chester Music France Les Editions Choudens
Spain: Uniรณn Musical Ediciones
Denmark: Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS
Germany: Music Sales Classical Berlin
schirmer@schirmer.com
chesterfrance@musicsales.co.uk
ewh@ewh.dk
promotion@musicsales.co.uk
unionmusicalediciones@musicsales.co.uk
Australia: G. Schirmer Pty Ltd publishing@musicsales.com.au
classical.berlin@musicsales.co.uk
Learn more about The Enchanted Island at www.musicsalesclassical.com. Photos of The Enchanted Island by Julian Crouch of the Metropolitan Opera.