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The Seventh Seal
Opera by Joao MacDowell
Based on screenplay by Ingmar Bergman
Premiere recording – Tatuí – Sao Paulo - Nov 14th 2018
International Brazilian Opera Company - IBOC
Conservatorio de Tatuí - Abaçaí
Produção Musical - FATEC Tatuí

lyrics

Dies irae, dies illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla
Teste David cum Sibylla

Quantus tremor est futurus
quando judex est venturus
Cuncta stricte discussurus!

Tuba, mirum spargens sonum
Per sepulera regionum,
Coge omnes ante thronum.

Mors tupebit et natura,
cum resurgit creatura,
judicanti responsura.

Lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla,
Judicandus homoreus
huic ergo parce Deus.

RAVAL: Gud har sänt sin straffdom över oss.
Vi ska alla förgås i Den Svarta Döden.

Ni som står där som gapande fäkreatur,
och ni som sitter där i er dästa självbelåtenhet,
vet ni att detta kan vara er sista timme?

Döden står bakom er rygg.
Hans lie blixtrar när han höjer
den bakom era huvuden.
Vem av er ska han drabba först?

Du där,
som står och bligar som en get,
ska din mun innan kvällen förvridas
till den sista oavslutade gäspningen?

Och du kvinna
som blomstrar av livets lust och välbehag,
ska du blekna och slockna
innan morgonen gryr?

Du där, har du ett år kvar
att smutsa jorden med ditt avskräde?
Vet ni alla förstockade dårar
att ni ska dö i dag,
i morgon eller nästa dag,
därför att ni alla är dömda.
Dömda! Dömda!

……….

RAVAL:
God has sentenced us to punishment.
We shall all perish from the black death.

You, standing there like gaping cattle,
you who sit there in your self complacency,
do you know that this may be
your last hour?

Death stands right behind you.
His scythe flashes as he raises it
above your heads.
Which one of you shall go first?

You there,
staring like a goat,
will your mouth twist to the last gasp
before nightfall?

And you, woman,
blooming with life and satisfaction,
will you pale and extinguish
before dawn?

You back there,
do you have another year left
to dirty the earth with your excrement?

Do you know, you insensible fools,
that you shall die today
or tomorrow, or the next day,
because all of you have been doomed.
Doomed! Doomed!

credits

from The Seventh Seal - 2018 concert, released November 15, 2019
Orquestra Sinfonica de Tatuí
Coros Tatuí & Luther King

Edson Beltrami - Maestro
Béngt Gomér -Director

Cast:
Paulina Pfeiffer - Death
David Wijkman - The Knight Antonius Block
Linnea Andreassen - The Squire Jons
Michael Axelsson - The Clown Jof
Johanna E. Martell - The Actress Mia
Maria Demérus - The Witch Tyan
Björn Larsson - The Monk Raval

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João MacDowell: "a new thinker in the genre", has a career that spans from punk to opera. Currently serves as resident composer and artistic director of the International Brazilian Opera Company - IBOC in NYC.

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