NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR OVERVIEW AND FACTS
With striking imagery that has burrowed into the dark corners of the public's psyche for the past century, F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is as immortal as its iconic antagonist. The silver screen’s first vampire—played by Max Schreck as a twisted, clawed and fanged creature completely unlike Bela Lugosi's subsequent urbane portrayal of Dracula—continues to influence cinematic horror to this day.
Since the original orchestral score by Hans Erdmann is largely lost, Nosferatu has afforded a host of musicians the opportunity to re-score the classic. LA Opera is proud to add its own Matthew Aucoin to that esteemed list. The company's new Artist in Residence will create and conduct a new score for chamber orchestra, incorporating composers both from Murnau's time and from the 19th century, as well as new music composed by Aucoin himself.
New music composed by: Matthew Aucoin
Additional music by: Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner, Carl Maria von Weber and Alexander Zemlinsky, arranged by Matthew Aucoin
Conducted by: Matthew Aucoin
Featuring: members of the LA Opera Orchestra and soprano Liv Redpath†
Film directed by: F.W. Murnau
Screenplay by: Henrik Galeen
Film release: 1922 (Prana Film)
Performance dates and times:
Saturday, October 29, 2016, at 8pm
Monday, October 31, 2016, at 8pm
Performances take place at the Theatre at Ace Hotel (929 South Broadway, Los Angeles, 90015).
LA Opera Off Grand performance:
Friday, October 28, 2016, at 7:30pm
Performance takes place at Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University (1 University Drive, Orange, 92866). Click here for details on this performance.
† member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
All programs, artists and dates are subject to change.
LAOpera.org/Nosferatu
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