Marnie (opera)

Marnie is an opera by Nico Muhly to a libretto by Nicholas Wright based on the 1961 novel by Winston Graham.

Marnie
Opera by Nico Muhly
LibrettistNicholas Wright
LanguageEnglish
Based onMarnie
by Winston Graham
Premiere
November 18, 2017 (2017-11-18)
English National Opera

Performance history

The opera was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera of New York and was first performed in a co-production of the Met and the English National Opera.[1][2] The production design, which employed video projections, was by Julian Crouch and 59 Productions, the costumes, by Arianne Phillips, and the stage lighting, by Kevin Adams.[1][3][4][5] The opera premiered at the English National Opera in London on November 18, 2017, and at the Met in New York on October 19, 2018, both directed by Michael Mayer.[1][6] The New York performances, conducted by Robert Spano (in his Met debut), featured Isabel Leonard (Marnie), Christopher Maltman (Mark Rutland), Iestyn Davies (Terry Rutland), Anthony Dean Griffey (Mr Strutt), Denyce Graves (Marnie's Mother), Ashley Emerson (Laura Fleet), Stacey Tappan (Dawn), Marie Te Hapuku (Miss Fedder), Ian Koziara (Derek).[6] The seventh and last performance of Marnie in the New York season was transmitted in high-definition video as part of the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series.[7]

Roles

Muhly has said that he wrote the role of Marnie with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in mind. She performed the title role in the opera's American premiere, at the Metropolitan Opera, but the role was performed by Sasha Cooke in the world premiere.

Roles, voice types, and premiere cast
RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 18 November 2017
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins[8][3][9]
Marniemezzo-sopranoSasha Cooke
Mark RutlandbaritoneDaniel Okulitch
Terry RutlandcountertenorJames Laing
Mrs RutlandsopranoLesley Garrett
LucysopranoDiana Montague
Mr StrutttenorAlasdair Elliott
Marnie's MothercontraltoKathleen Wilkinson
Laura FleetsopranoEleanor Dennis
Malcolm FleettenorMatthew Durkan
Dr RomanbassDarren Jeffery
DawnsopranoAlexa Mason
Miss FeddersopranoSusanna Tudor-Thomas
Marnie's Mother in 1940sopranoElla Kirkpatick
Little Boyboy sopranoWilliam Brady
DerektenorDavid Newman
Shadow Marnie 1sopranoCharlotte Beamont
Shadow Marnie 2sopranoKatie Coventry
Shadow Marnie 3mezzo-sopranoEmma Kerr
Shadow Marnie 4mezzo-sopranoKatie Stevenson
Chorus (office workers, anxiety chorus, hunt riders, country club guests, funeral attendees)

References
  1. "Marnie". ENO. 2017. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  2. Woolfe, Zachary (November 22, 2017). "Review: Nico Muhly's Marnie Brings Hitchcock Into the 21st Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  3. Production details, English National Opera
  4. Park, Elena (October 17, 2018). "Nico Muhly and Michael Mayer Make Marnie Sing at the Met". Playbill. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  5. Driscoll, F. Paul (January 2019). "Marnie New York City, The Metropolitan Opera, 10/19/18". Opera News. 8 (7). Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  6. Marnie, October 19, 2019 (premiere), Metropolitan Opera Archive.
  7. Marnie, November 10, 2019 (last night), Metropolitan Opera Archive.
  8. Ashley, Tim (November 19, 2017). "Marnie review – Nico Muhly's psycho thriller sounds beautiful but fails to thrill". The Guardian.
  9. Boussaert, Yannick (November 18, 2017). "Elina Makropoulos chez Hitchcock: Marnie - Londres (ENO)". Forumopera.com Le magazine du monde lyrique (in French).

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