An opera uniting two historical protagonists as multi-faceted as the music itself. The libretto, written by Steffens' son Marec Béla Steffens, fancifully merges the lives of Brother Gabriel Téllez, best known under his pen name Tirso de Molina as the inventor of the fictional womanizer Don Juan, and that of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of windmill-fighting Don Quixote.
Two cells in Sevilla : or: Don Quixote is hungry, op. 106 (2016) / words by Marec Béla Steffens (38:11) -- Five songs on Hölderlin : op. 95 (2008) / words by Friedrich Hölderlin (12:22).
Note
The 1st work is a chamber opera.
Language (note)
Sung in English (1st work) and German (2nd work).
Author
Steffens, Walter, 1934- composer.
Title
Two cells in Sevilla : Don Quixote is hungry : a chamber opera / Walter Steffens ; [libretto by] Marec Béla Steffens.
In the 1st work: Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano ; Todd R. Miller, tenor ; Benjamin LeClair, baritone ; Octavio Moreno, bass ; members of the Greenbriar Consortium ; David Kirk, conductor. In the 2nd work: Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano ; Tali Morgulis, piano.
Event
1st work recorded 2018 May 16 Wire Road Studios, Houston, TX.
2nd work recorded 2018 December 4 Wire Road Studios, Houston, TX.