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Operas by Michael Nyman Tristram Shandy (unfinished; begun 1981) The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986) Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991) Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs (1991/3) Facing Goya (2000) Man and Boy: Dada (2003) Love Counts (2005) Sparkie: Cage and Beyond (2009) v • d • e Man and Boy: Dada is a 2003 opera by Michael Nyman on a libretto by Michael Hastings. It tells the story of a friendship between aging dada artist Kurt Schwitters and a twelve-year-old boy. These two characters and the boy's mother make up the cast of the opera. It was first performed at the Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany, March 13, 2004, directed by Robert Tannenbaum. It was then produced by the Almeida Opera, July 15, 17, and 18, 2004, in a production designed by Jeremy Herbert and directed by Lindsay Posner at Almeida Theatre. The opera features an extensive use of oboe (rare in Nyman's work), mostly in the second act, to capture the feel of post-War popular music, somewhat reminiscent of Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite for Variety Orchestra. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Recording 2.1 Track listing 2.2 Cast 2.3 Musicians 2.4 Crew 3 External links 4 References // Synopsis Michael is a young boy on a bus who competes with an old man for bus tickets, which they both collect (as did Nyman as a child). The man turns out to be Kurt Schwitters, a dada artist who escaped Germany, although his wife has been killed and his son missing, and is facing deportation. They get to talking about their collections. Schwitters invites Michael to come to his apartment to see them. Michael refuses for obvious reasons, but asks what he does with them, and is told about merz collages. Michael lives with his mother. His father was a night watchman whose body was never found when his building was struck by a German doodlebug bomb. Although Michael's mother hates all Germans, she makes an exception for the artist, who gradually earns her trust. Michael and Kurt go to the British Museum together and deface a lion statue in a dada manner. Michael's mother won't allow Kurt to visit while he is sick, and he gets interviewed by a BBC newswoman who likes to hear herself talk and makes sure that her pontifications get more air time than Kurt's corrections. She ends the interview by referring to dada as "dadaISM," with heavy emphasis on the "ism," and goes on quite a pace about Schwitters's references to his "art" rather than "anti-art," as the proponents of dada would have it. Kurt spends more time with Michael and his mother. He repeatedly suggests that the two get married so that he can become a naturalized citizen, but she is not interested in him that way. He makes numerous mistakes. He offends her with a song about doodlebug bomb, but she agrees to hear it again, as the song was not at all intended to make fun of her husband. He makes a very large mistake at Michael's birthday. Michael wants a bicycle, but Kurt gives him a dada bike that cannot be ridden. Michael's mother is horrified that he would do what she perceives as a practical joke to a boy. His motivation was completely different—he wanted to give Michael something special and unique. Kurt decides that he is too eccentric to get on with Michael and his mother. Michael tries to persuade him to stay, telling him that he appreciates the dada bike and can say to his friends that he crashed it. Recording Man and Boy: Dada an opera in two acts Studio album by Michael Nyman Released June 1, 2005 (UK) July 29, 2008 (USA) Recorded October and November 2004 Genre opera, contemporary classical Length Disc 1: 42:27 Disc 2: 62:23 Language English German Label MN Records Producer Michael Nyman Michael Nyman chronology The Actors 2003 Man and Boy: Dada 2005 The Piano Sings 2005 The album, based on the Almeida production, was recorded in 2004 and released in 2005, was the first release on Nyman's own label, MN Records, and his 48th release overall. Track listing Disc 1 – ACT ONE SCENE 1 – You need a ticket to breathe the air SCENE 2 – A few things I collect beside bus tickets SCENE 3 – Any more fares please? SCENE 4 – It's kind of interesting rubbish SCENE 5 – Scarper! SCENE 6 – Forty sheep and twenty reindeer? SCENE 7 – Coughs and sneezes spread diseases SCENE 8 – Except take a piss SCENE 9 – Doodlebug Disc 2 – ACT TWO SCENE 10 – A Famous cup of British tea SCENE 11 – This was a good one – Ponders End to Waterloo SCENE 12 – I'm highly adept at the tango SCENE 13 – Show me a bike! SCENE 14 – Chuk persh szing! SCENE 15 – Happy birthday, dear Michael! SCENE 16 – I am having a trouble with hanky panky SCENE 17 – Latin à la Hammersmith Palais SCENE 18 – A hundred stops but they have no name SCENE 19 – I was trying to explain something about Dada Cast John Graham-Hall (tenor): Kurt Schwitters William Sheldon (boy soprano): Michael Vivian Tierney (soprano): Michael's mother/old woman/bus conductress/British Museum guard/BBC interviewer Musicians Michael Nyman Band conducted by Paul McGrath Gabrielle Lester, violin Rebecca Hirsch, violin Tony Hinnigan, cello Paul Morgan, double bass Melinda Maxwell, oboe Gareth Hulse, oboe Andrew Sparling, clarinet, bass clarinet David Rix, clarinet, bass clarinet David Roach, soprano, alto saxophone Christopher Gunia, bassoon Richard Benjafield, percussion Dominic Saunders, piano Crew composed and produced by Michael Nyman Recorded, edited and mixed by Austin Ince at Abbey Road Studios, London, October and November 2004. Assistant engineer: Roland Heap Assistant to Michael Nyman: Andy Keenan Mastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, December 2004 Music published by Chester Music Ltd./Michael Nyman Ltd., 2004 Libretto © Michael Hastings, 2004 (The librettist gatefully acknowledges contributions and alterations to the text by Victoria Hardie) Designed by Russell Mills (shed) [1] Co-designed by Michael Webster (storm) [2] Portrait of Kurt Schwitters, '1924', photographer, Eli Lissitsky (courtesy of the Sprengel Museum, Hanover) Kurt Schwitters, Gerd Strindberg and Edith Thomas (?) in the garden of the house in Barnes, London, 1941/1943 photographer: Kurt and Ernest Scwitters Stiftung, Hanover Production photos by Michael Nyman Design imagery by Jeremy Herbert and Steven Williams Special thanks to Elizabeth Lloyd, Rachel Thomas, John Fosbrook, Gill Graham, James Rushton, Nicholas Hare, James Ware, Declan Colgan, Robert Tannenbaum, Achim Thorwald, Patrick Dickie, Phillippa Cole, Jeremy Herbert, Lindsay Posner, Sarah Wilson, Jeremy Bines, Alexander Balanescu, Annette Gentz, Colette Barber & Lucy Launder at Abbey Road, Karin Orchard at the Kurt Schwitters Archiv, Sprengel Museum, Hanover External links Man and Boy: Dada at Chester Novello Music Man and Boy: Dada at MN Records References This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2008) Reviewed by The New York Times v • d • e Michael Nyman Michael Nyman Band: Gabrielle Lester · Catherine Thompson · Kate Musker · Tony Hinnigan · David Roach · Simon Haram · Andrew Findon · Nigel Barr · Dave Lee · Steve Sidwell · Martin Elliott · Sarah Leonard Alexander Bălănescu · John Harle · Chris Laurence · Ann Morfee · Jonathan Carney · Madeleine Mitchell · Jamie Talbot · Georgina Born · Marjorie Dunn · Beverley Davison · Barry Guy · John Greaves · Andrew Shulman · Michael Thompson · Richard Watkins · John Metcalfe · Christian Forshaw Ute Lemper · Marie Angel · Hilary Summers · Omar Ebrahim David Cunningham · Molly Nyman · Les Disques du Crépuscule · Minimalist music · Systems music Nyman-produced albums Decay Music · 'The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife · Michael Nyman · The Draughtsman's Contract · The Cold Room · The Kiss and Other Movements · A Zed & Two Noughts · And Do They Do/Zoo Caprices · The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat · Drowning by Numbers · La Traversée de Paris · The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover · Out of the Ruins · La Sept · String Quartets 1–3 · Prospero's Books · The Michael Nyman Songbook · The Hairdresser's Husband · The Essential Michael Nyman Band · Time Will Pronounce · The Piano · Michael Nyman for Yohji Yamamoto · The Piano Concerto/MGV · À la folie · Live · Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs · Carrington · The Diary of Anne Frank · After Extra Time · The Ogre · Enemy Zero · Concertos · Gattaca · The Suit and the Photograph · Strong on Oaks, Strong on the Causes of Oaks · Practical Magic · Ravenous · Wonderland · The Commissar Vanishes · Nabbie's Love · The End of the Affair · The Claim · String Quartets 2, 3 & 4/If & Why · Facing Goya · 24 Heures de la vie d'une femme · Sangam: Michael Nyman Meets Indian Masters · The Actors · Man and Boy: Dada · The Piano Sings · The Libertine · The Composer's Cut Series Vol. I: The Draughtsman's Contract · The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisited · The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III: The Piano · Six Celan Songs • The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi · Acts of Beauty • Exit no Exit · Nyman Brass · Love Counts · Mozart 252 · 8 Lust Songs: I Sonetti Lussuriosi · The Glare Albums to which Nyman contributed (as composer and/or performer) Recent English Experimental Music · The Pavilion of Dreams · From The Kitchen Archives - New Music New York 1979 · The Sensual World · Saxophone Works · John Harle's Saxophone Songbook · Piano Circus · The Contemporary Trumpet · Taking a Line for a Second Walk · Plus que Tango · Visions · First & Foremost · An Eye for a Difference · Pick It Up · Meeting Point: The Saxophone Concertos of Nyman, Heath and Torke · Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noel Coward · Generation Sex · The Golden Section · Faces · Ahn-Plugged · Groovebox · Moving On Singles/EPs Mozart/Webern · The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise · Anohito no Waltz · In Re Don Giovanni · Enemy Zero Piano Sketches Compilations Michael Nyman · Pure Moods · The Very Best of Michael Nyman: Film Music 1980–2001 · Man on Wire Additional operas Tristram Shandy · Letters, Riddles and Writs · Vital Statistics · La Princesse de Milan Unreleased film scores Vertical Features Remake · The Falls · Brimstone and Treacle · Ballet Mécanique  · Monsieur Hire · Mesmer · Katie and Orbie · Titch · Act Without Words I · Man with a Movie Camera · Nathalie... · À propos de Nice · A Cock and Bull Story Major individual compositions Memorial · MGV This article about an English language opera is a stub. 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