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Slow Man is an opera by Nicholas Lens to an English-language libretto by J. M. Coetzee, based on his 2005 novel of the same name. The opera was commissioned by the Malta Festival, Poznań and produced by the Opera Poznań. It is the first time author and Nobel Prize winner Coetzee has collaborated on a stage adaptation of his work. Although the operatic version differs from the original story, Slow Man is a contemporary opera that arouses deep emotions among each of the original main characters: Paul Rayment, Elizabeth Costello and Marijana.The opera is centered on a meeting arranged by Elizabeth Costello (the writer) between Paul Rayment, a man of late middle-age with an amputated leg and the blind Marijana. The meeting has not only a strong sexual connotation but themes as love, isolation, old age, and fear of demise are prevalent. J. Roszak in Biweekly described Slow Man as a ‘high risk opera’ but also as 'an important operatic work'. (en) |
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Slow Man is an opera by Nicholas Lens to an English-language libretto by J. M. Coetzee, based on his 2005 novel of the same name. The opera was commissioned by the Malta Festival, Poznań and produced by the Opera Poznań. It is the first time author and Nobel Prize winner Coetzee has collaborated on a stage adaptation of his work. J. Roszak in Biweekly described Slow Man as a ‘high risk opera’ but also as 'an important operatic work'. (en) |
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