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![NYMAN, M.: Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (The) [Chamber Opera] (Treviño, Sjöwall, MacPherson, Nashville Opera Orchestra, D. Williamson)](https://cdn.naxos.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/8.660398.jpg "NYMAN, M.: Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (The) [Chamber Opera] (Treviño, Sjöwall, MacPherson, Nashville Opera Orchestra, D. Williamson)")
Composer(s): Nyman, Michael
Lyricist(s): Morris, Michael; Rawlence, Christopher; Sacks, Oliver
Conductor(s): Williamson, Dean
Ensemble(s): Nashville Opera Orchestra, members
Artist(s): MacPherson, Ryan; Sjöwall, Rebecca; Treviño, Matthew
Label: Naxos
Series: Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.660398
Barcode: 730099039871
Release Date: 09/2016
NYMAN, M.: Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (The) [Chamber Opera] (Treviño, Sjöwall, MacPherson, Nashville Opera Orchestra, D. Williamson)
Michael Nyman’s one-act chamber opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat takes as its subject Dr P, a man suffering from visual agnosia, or ‘mental blindness’, and is adapted from the neurological study in the book of the same name by Oliver Sacks. For Nyman, Dr P ‘requires music as a lifeline, cue, clue, cure’, living as he does in a world lacking visual meaning. It is through his musical gifts that Dr P reclaims meaning from chaos, Nyman’s tautly conceived masterpiece providing a perfect medium through which the moving drama can be explored.
Tracklist
Nyman, Michael
Rawlence, Christopher - Lyricist
Sacks, Oliver - Lyricist
Morris, Michael - Lyricist
Rawlence, Christopher - Lyricist
Sacks, Oliver - Lyricist
Morris, Michael - Lyricist
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
|  | 1 | Scene 1: Prologue: Neurology's favorite term is deficit (Neurologist) | 02:35 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 2 | Scene 2: The First Examination: Traffic (Dr. P, Mrs. P, Neurologist) | 07:40 |
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 3 | Scene 2: The Shoe: Can I help? (Neurologist, Dr. P, Mrs. P) | 03:20 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 4 | Scene 2: The Slides: You can see very clearly (Neurologist, Dr. P, Mrs. P) | 02:06 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 5 | Scene 2: The River: What do you see now? (Neurologist, Dr. P, Mrs. P) | 04:45 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 6 | Scene 2: The Dressing Ritual: …Wife for a hat (Neurologist, Mrs. P, Dr. P) | 02:20 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 7 | Scene 3: The House Call: Bösendorfer! (Neurologist, Dr. P, Mrs. P) | 01:32 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 8 | Scene 3: Ich Grolle Nicht (Dr. P, Neurologist, Mrs. P) | 02:37 |
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 9 | Scene 3: The Solids: But what of the parietal regions (Neurologist, Mrs. P, Dr. P) | 06:12 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 10 | Scene 3: The Photographs: What is this? (Neurologist, Dr. P, Mrs. P) | 03:11 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 11 | Scene 3: The Rose: …Lost (Neurologist, Dr. P, Mrs. P) | 01:57 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 12 | Scene 3: The Glove: Now, what is this? (Neurologist, Dr. P, Mrs. P) | 02:12 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 13 | Scene 3: The Chess Game: Pawn to King 4 (Dr. P, Neurologist, Mrs. P) | 02:37 |
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 14 | Scene 4: Testing Visual Memory: The Street: From our end (Dr. P, Mrs. P, Neurologist) | 02:26 |
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 15 | Scene 5: Paintings As Pathlogy? An Argument: The Paintings: Your husband's a painter (Neurologist, Mrs. P, Dr. P) | 05:41 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 16 | Scene 6: The Prescription: The Wife: Tell me, how does he manage? (Neurologist, Mrs. P, Dr. P) | 01:57 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
| | 17 | Scene 7: Epilogue: The Prognosis: I cannot tell you what is wrong (Neurologist, Mrs. P, Dr. P) | 05:00 |
MacPherson, Ryan (tenor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Sjöwall, Rebecca (soprano)
Treviño, Matthew (baritone)
Nashville Opera Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Williamson, Dean (Conductor)
Total Playing Time: 58:08