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Babylon (opera)

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Babylon is an opera in seven scenes by Jörg Widmann, with a libretto in German by Peter Sloterdijk. [1]

36 relations: Anna Prohaska, August Zirner, Babylon, Badische Zeitung, Bass-baritone, Bavarian State Opera, Claron McFadden, Countertenor, Das Gesicht im Spiegel, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Die Welt, Die Zeit, Epic of Gilgamesh, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Gabriele Schnaut, Grafenegg Festival, Jörg Widmann, Kai Wessel (countertenor), Kent Nagano, Kurier, La Fura dels Baus, Mezzo-soprano, Musical America, National Theatre Munich, Neue Musikzeitung, Peter Sloterdijk, Ritual, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Schott Music, Septet, Soprano, Tenor, The New York Times, Voice type, Willard White, Ziggurat.

Anna Prohaska

Anna Prohaska (born 1983) is an Austrian coloratura soprano.

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August Zirner

August Zirner (born 7 January 1956) is an American-Austrian actor, who starred in over 60 film productions.

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Babylon

Babylon (KA2.DIĜIR.RAKI Bābili(m); Aramaic: בבל, Babel; بَابِل, Bābil; בָּבֶל, Bavel; ܒܒܠ, Bāwēl) was a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia from the 18th to 6th centuries BC.

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Badische Zeitung

The Badische Zeitung (Baden Newspaper) is a German newspaper based in Freiburg im Breisgau, covering the South Western part of Germany and the Black Forest region.

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Bass-baritone

A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice.

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Bavarian State Opera

The Bavarian State Opera (German) is an opera company based in Munich, Germany.

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Claron McFadden

Claron McFadden (born 1961) is an American soprano.

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Countertenor

A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C4 to C6.

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Das Gesicht im Spiegel

Das Gesicht im Spiegel (The Face in the Mirror) is an opera in 16 scenes by Jörg Widmann, with a libretto in German by Roland Schimmelpfennig.

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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) is a German orchestra based in Berlin.

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Die Welt

Die Welt ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE.

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Die Zeit

Die Zeit (literally "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in north Germany.

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Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Frankfurt General Newspaper), abbreviated FAZ, is a centre-right, liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: (in German).

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Gabriele Schnaut

Gabriele Schnaut (born 24 February 1951) is a German classical singer who started her operatic career as a mezzo-soprano in 1976 and changed to dramatic soprano in 1985.

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Grafenegg Festival

The Grafenegg Festival is a major international Austrian festival for classical music close to Vienna.

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Jörg Widmann

Jörg Widmann (born 19 June 1973) is a German composer, conductor and clarinetist.

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Kai Wessel (countertenor)

Kai Wessel (born 1964 in Hamburg) is a German countertenor and teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Köln.

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Kent Nagano

Kent George Nagano (born November 22, 1951) is an American conductor and opera administrator.

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Kurier

Kurier is a German language daily newspaper based in Vienna, Austria.

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La Fura dels Baus

La Fura dels Baus is a Spanish theatrical group founded in 1979 in Barcelona, known for their urban theatre, use of unusual settings and blurring of the boundaries between audience and actor.

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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

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Musical America

Musical America is the oldest American magazine on classical music, first appearing in 1898 in print and in 1999 online, at musicalamerica.com.

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National Theatre Munich

The National Theater (Nationaltheater) on Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany, is a historic opera house, home of the Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian State Ballet.

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Neue Musikzeitung

The Neue Musikzeitung (new music newspaper, also written without capitalisation, and abbreviated as nmz) is a magazine focused on Classical music.

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Peter Sloterdijk

Peter Sloterdijk (born 26 June 1947) is a German philosopher and cultural theorist.

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Ritual

A ritual "is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence".

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Süddeutsche Zeitung

The Süddeutsche Zeitung (German for South German Newspaper), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany.

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Schott Music

Schott Music is one of the oldest German music publishers.

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Septet

A septet is a formation containing exactly seven members.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Voice type

A voice type classifies a singing voice by vocal range, vocal weight, tessitura, vocal timbre, vocal transition points (passaggia) like breaks and lifts, and vocal register.

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Willard White

Sir Willard Wentworth White, OM, CBE (born 10 October 1946) is a Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone.

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Ziggurat

A ziggurat (Akkadian: ziqqurat, D-stem of zaqāru "to build on a raised area") is a type of massive stone structure built in ancient Mesopotamia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_(opera)

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