Kepler (complete opera recorded in 2009)

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Kepler (complete opera recorded in 2009)
Landestheater Linz Upper Austrian State Theatre / Martin Achrainer, Cassandra McConnell, Keren Robertson / Dennis Russell Davies (cond)

[ Orange Mountain Music DVD / DVD ]

Release Date: Thursday 10 February 2011

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Rated: G - Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993Suitable for General Audiences

A portrait opera on the life of German mathmatician, astronomer, and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution.

SYNOPSIS:
A portrait opera on the life of German mathmatician, astronomer, and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitomoe of Copernican Astronomy. These works provided the foundation for Newton's theory of universal gravitation.

COMMISSION:
Commissioned by the Landestheater Linz

PREMIERE:
Premiered at the Landestheater Linz, September 20,2009 with the Bruckner Orchester Linz, the Chorus of the Landestheater, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.