Music
love fail
Composed and directed by David Lang
Anonymous 4
The latest work from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang,
love fail marries evocative new music with timeless
storytelling to tell a tale of love both found and unfulfilled,
performed by the ravishing voices of legendary early music group
Anonymous 4.
Assembled from a stunning range of texts—including medieval
courtly love narratives, excerpts from Wagner's Tristan und
Isolde, writings by Lang, and short stories by MacArthur
Fellow Lydia Davis—Lang's breathtaking work distills a single,
universal tale about desire's discontent, made luminous by one of
the premier vocal ensembles of our time.
Stories by Lydia Davis
Words by David Lang after Marie de France, Gottfried von
Strassburg, Sir Thomas Malory, Beroul, Thomas of Britain, Beatriz
de Dia and Richard Wagner
Set and video design by Jim Findlay
Lighting design by Jennifer Tipton
Costume design by Suzanne Bocanegra
Additional design elements by Jeff Sugg
Produced by Beth Morrison Projects. Commissioned by the Brooklyn
Academy of Music's 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International
Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas
Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The
Wake Forest University / Secrest Artists Series, and Hancher
Performances at the University of Iowa
with David Lang
Fri, Dec 7
John Schaefer moderates this artist talk, which takes place in the performance venue and is free for same-day ticket holders.
Last at BAM with
Shelter | Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe |
2005 NWF
Recommended if you
enjoyed
Le Jardin de Monsieur Lully | Les Arts Florissants |
2011 Fall Opera
Awakening | Kronos Quartet | 2011 NWF
David Lang is one of America's most honored composers.
Anonymous 4 is renowned for its unearthly vocal blend and uncanny ensemble singing