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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

Raval: Jag stjäl frän de döda.
Numera är det ett ganska lönande gebit
Nu söker jag upp ett träd
och klättrar upp där
så att inga björnar,
vargar eller spöken får tag i mig.

Hantverkare i skogen!
Åhå! Fan ta mig är det mitt träd de tänker såga ner.
Hör du,
din förpuppade taskfrans,
vad tänker du göra med mitt träd va!


The sawing continues without a pause. Raval becomes more frightened.

Raval: Kan du inte svara åtminstone.
Vem är du?

DEATH straightens her back and squints up at him.

Döden: Jag är Döden.
Jag sågar ner ditt träd eftersom din tid är ute.
Raval: Det går inte, jag har inte tid.
DÖDEN: Har du inte tid?
Raval: Finns det inga undanflykter?
DÖDEN: Nej inte i det här fallet.
Raval: Inga smyghål, inga undantag…
Jag är rädd för att dö!
Jag vill inte dö!
Jag vill inte dö!
Jag ska dö.
Jag ska do!

Vad ska hända med mig?
Kan ingen trösta mig ens…
Har ni inte lite barmhärtighet,
ser ni inte att jag dör.
Hjälp mig!

………..


Raval: I steal from the dead.
It’s good business these days.

Now I'll climb up a tree
(for the rest of the night)
so that no bears,
wolves or ghosts can get at me.

Workmen in the forest.
Hey, it's my tree they're cutting down.
Hey, you!
Do you hear me, you tricky bastard?
What are you doing with my tree?
Can't you at least answer me?
Who are you?

Death: I am Death.
I'm sawing down your tree, your time is up.
Raval: It won't do. I haven't got time
DEATH: So you haven't got time.
Raval: Isn't there any way to get off?
DEATH: No, not in this case.
RAVAL: No loopholes, no exceptions?
I’m afraid of death.
I don't want to die!
I don't want to die!

I am going to die.
I am going to die!
What will happen to me!
Can no one console me?
Haven't you any compassion?
Can't you see that I am dying.
Help me!

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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