Lost Highway is a 2003 opera adaptation of the 1997 David Lynch film of the same name , by Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth with the libretto by 2004 Nobel Prize -winner Elfriede Jelinek .
The opera was premiered in Graz in 2003 at the Steirischer Herbst Festival of New Music with the live-electronics and sound design realized at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) using the open source software Pure Data ,[ 1] [ 2] conducted by Johannes Kalitzke .[ 3]
It made its American premiere at Finney Chapel in Oberlin, Ohio , and at the Miller Theater in New York City in February 2007, in a production performed by students from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music . It was directed by Jonathon Field, with sound design by Tom Lopez , produced by Lewis Nielson , and set design by Scott Dane Knowles. Barry Bryan portrayed Fred Madison.[ 4]
It premiered in the UK in an ENO production at the Young Vic in April 2008. This production was directed by Diane Paulus , with set and costume design by Riccardo Hernandez , video design by Philip Bussmann , lighting design by Mimi Jordan Sherin and sound design by Markus Noisternig . The cast included Mark Bonnar as Fred Madison, Quirijn de Lang as Pete Dayton, Valérie MacCarthy as Renne/Alice, Christopher Robson as The Mystery Man and David Moss as Mr Eddy/Dick Laurent.[ 5]
The German premiere was staged at the Bockenheimer Depot in Frankfurt by Yuval Sharon , with David Moss , among others.[ 6] [ 7]
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Reception
In 2019, writers of The Guardian ranked Lost Highway the 13th greatest work of art music since 2000.[ 9]
References
^ "Lost Highway" (in German). Kunst Uni Graz. 2003. Retrieved 24 October 2018 .
^ Nicodemus, Katja (6 November 2003). "Im Hirn des anderen / Oper sucht Film – Olga Neuwirths Vertonung von David Lynchs "Lost Highway" wurde beim Steirischen Herbst in Graz uraufgeführt" . Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2017 .
^ a b "Lost Highway" . Boosey & Hawkes . Retrieved 24 October 2018 .
^ Janas, Marci (October 2006). "The Conservatory to Present U.S. Premiere of Olga Neuwirth's 'Lost Highway' " . Oberlin Online Backstage Pass. Retrieved 9 January 2010 .
^ Hewett, Ivan (2008-03-25). "Lost Highway : into the dark heart of David Lynch" . The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2008-03-25 .
^ Adler, Susanne (14 September 2018). "Deutsche Erstaufführung von "Lost Highway": Oper nach dem David-Lynch-Film in Frankfurt" . Echo-Online (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2018 .
^ Jungheinrich, Hans-Klaus (14 September 2018). "Bockenheimer Depot Bilder und Töne von morgen / Eine perfekte Produktion: Die Oper Frankfurt präsentiert Olga Neuwirths Musiktheater "Lost Highway" nach David Lynch" . Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2018 .
^ Schwind, Elisabeth (24 May 2004). "Gescheitert auf hohem Niveau" . Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2018 .
^ Clements, Andrew; Maddocks, Fiona; Lewis, John; Molleson, Kate; Service, Tom; Jeal, Erica; Ashley, Tim (2019-09-12). "The best classical music works of the 21st century" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-06-12 .
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