TOBIAS PICKER (b. 1954)

world premiere performance

Thérèse Raquin

109:18

An opera in two acts

Libretto by Gene Scheer, after the novel by Émile Zola

Act I

Scene 1

21:13

1

[Introduction]

1:17

2

Madame: 'Thérèse. Thérèse. Thérèse'

2:30

3

Camille: 'Thérèse needs a change of scenery'

3:54

4

Laurent: 'Like a ghost he stood before us'

0:59

5

Laurent: 'She watched me painting along the Seine'

5:47

6

Laurent: 'Be careful! Madame Raquin will hear us'

2:22

7

Thérèse: 'When we were little children'

4:23

Scene 2

17:50

8

Madame: 'Thank-you, thank-you, Suzanne'

3:00

9

Suzanne and Madame: 'I remember'

2:33

10

Olivier: 'Good evening, Madame Raquin'

0:50

11

Grivet: 'Good evening. Good evening'

1:15

12

Grivet: 'At half past five'

1:32

13

Olivier: 'Once there was a servant girl'

3:16

14

Madame: 'We'll recall when years have passed'

4:05

15

All: 'Let the game begin' [Interlude]

1:19

Scene 3

12:41

16

Camille: 'We must have walked three hours or more'

2:59

17

Thérèse: 'You were with me'

6:37

18

Camille: 'Come on, wake up'

3:05

Act II

Scene 1

7:31

19

Eleven months later. [Introduction]

0:54

20

Laurent: 'Olivier! Monsieur Grivet!'

1:32

21

Laurent: Poor Thérèse'

3:46

22

Lights fade. [Interlude]

1:19

Scene 2

23

Thérèse: 'No! No! Drowning . . .'

1:00

24

Thérèse: 'Am I dreaming?'

3:58

25

[Interlude]

1:18

Scene 3

3:41

26

Suzanne: 'My dear! Monsieur Grivet!'

2:10

27

Olivier and Grivet: 'Good night'

1:31

Scene 4

6:28

28

Thérèse: 'You should not have bought so many flowers'

1:39

29

Thérèse: 'The white dove sat in the corner of the ark'

4:48

Scene 5

9:31

30

The bedrom. [Introduction]

0:40

31

Laurent: 'Roses remind me of Vernon'

1:00

32

Laurent: 'My poor angel'

2:24

33

Laurent: 'You shall drive me mad!'

3:13

34

Thérèse: 'You saw him at the morgue'

2:14

Scene 6

9:09

35

Camile's ghost: 'Betrayed. Betrayed by those we loved'

5:02

36

Madame: 'Camille! Camille!'

2:22

37

Laurent: 'She'll never make it through the night!' [Interlude]

1:45

Scene 7

6:08

38

Laurent: 'Five months. . . five months. . .'

2:39

39

Olivier: 'What is she doing?'

3:29

Scene 8

8:42

40

Thérèse: 'You can never forgive me'

1:37

41

Laurent: 'Get off your knees'

2:03

42

Thérèse: 'Never forgive me'

3:34

43

Thérèse: 'It is too much not to be punished'

1:28

Diana Soviero soprano - Madame Lisette Raquin

Sara Fulgoni mezzo-soprano - Thérèse Raquin

Gordon Gietz tenor - Camille Raquin

Richard Bernstein bass-baritone - Laurent

Sheryl Woods soprano - Suzanne Michaud

Gabor Andrasy bass - Olivier Michaud

Peter Kazaras tenor - Monsieur Grivet

Graeme Jenkins

30 November and 2, 6 & 8 December 2001