℗ 2023 BIS Records
| Released | January 6, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 08m 07s |
| Record Label | BIS Records |
| Genre | Classical (Opera) |
Tafreshipour: The Doll Behind the Curtain
Jonathan von Schwanenflügel, Signe Sneh Durholm, Elenor Wiman, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Athelas Sinfonietta, Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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The Doll Behind the Curtain
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1.1
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Opening
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
1:02 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act I, Scene 1
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1.2
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What Is It She Wants to Tell Me?
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
1:57 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act I, Scene 2
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1.3
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One of the Pleasures of Le Havre
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Per Bach Nissen; Signe Sneh Durholm; Elenor Wiman; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
17:52 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act I, Scene 3
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1.4
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Giselle! You've Sat There for an Hour
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Thomas Storm; Maria Dreisig; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
11:09 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act I, Scene 4
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1.5
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No Woman I Have Ever Seen
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
3:29 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act II, Scene 1
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1.6
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Mehrdad, I Call you Beloved
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Signe Sneh Durholm; Elenor Wiman; Jakob Bloch Jespersen; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
7:25 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act II, Scene 2
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1.7
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Now It Is Winter
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Maria Dreisig; Signe Sneh Durholm; Elenor Wiman; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
0:51 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act II, Scene 3
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1.8
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Bita, My Dear, Come
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Signe Sneh Durholm; Elenor Wiman; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
4:14 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act II, Scene 4
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1.9
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Bita
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Signe Sneh Durholm; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
0:55 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act II, Scene 5
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1.10
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Ay, This Weather
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Jakob Bloch Jespersen; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
6:42 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act II, Scene 6
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1.11
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Is This My Rival?
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Signe Sneh Durholm; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
2:52 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act II, Scene 7
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1.12
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Every City Has Its Secrets
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Per Bach Nissen; Thomas Storm; Maria Dreisig; Elenor Wiman; Jakob Bloch Jespersen; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
1:25 | |||
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The Doll Behind the Curtain, Act II, Scene 8
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1.13
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Another Night in the Vortex
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour; Dominic Power; Jonathan von Schwanenflügel; Per Bach Nissen; Thomas Storm; Maria Dreisig; Signe Sneh Durholm; Elenor Wiman; Jakob Bloch Jespersen; Athelas Sinfonietta; Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard |
8:14 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Based on the short story by the same name by Sadeq Hedayat (1903–51), Iran’s first modernist writer, The Doll behind the Curtain is an opera from Iranian-Danish composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour and librettist Dominic Power. It explores themes of alienation, the mysteries of human sexuality and the dissonance, both musical and cultural, between East and West and tradition and modernity.
Set in Le Havre and Tehran during the 1930s, the opera tells the story of Mehrdad, a shy Iranian student studying in the French harbour city. After having found a mannequin in a junk shop, he becomes obsessed with its flawless and unchanging beauty and brings it back home to Tehran. His infatuation and inner conflict cause him to destroy his own life and that of his fiancée Bita, struggling to compete with her silent rival.
An original and challenging work of musical theatre, The Doll behind the Curtain was composed in 2015 and is Tafreshipour’s first opera as well as the first Iranian opera with an English libretto. It was premièred in London in 2015 and is here heard in a recording by the team that also performed it at the Royal Danish Opera in 2020.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – BIS Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.20 -10.23 to -0.29 | -26.95 -33.06 to -21.43 | -21.42 -29.10 to -16.90 | 14 10 to 18 | |
| 1 | Opening | -0.92 | -21.43 | -16.9 | 11 |
| 2 | What Is It She Wants to Tell Me? | -1.39 | -27.01 | -20.4 | 11 |
| 3 | One of the Pleasures of Le Havre | -5.46 | -28.78 | -24.2 | 15 |
| 4 | Giselle! You've Sat There for an Hour | -0.69 | -28.01 | -23.4 | 18 |
| 5 | No Woman I Have Ever Seen | -4.69 | -27.89 | -22.1 | 13 |
| 6 | Mehrdad, I Call you Beloved | -4.32 | -26.71 | -21.3 | 14 |
| 7 | Now It Is Winter | -4.41 | -24.64 | -19.5 | 11 |
| 8 | Bita, My Dear, Come | -0.29 | -25.19 | -18.9 | 16 |
| 9 | Bita | -4.03 | -28.99 | -21.1 | 10 |
| 10 | Ay, This Weather | -4.56 | -28.63 | -23.8 | 15 |
| 11 | Is This My Rival? | -0.29 | -26.45 | -19.2 | 16 |
| 12 | Every City Has Its Secrets | -10.23 | -33.06 | -29.1 | 14 |
| 13 | Another Night in the Vortex | -0.29 | -23.55 | -18.6 | 15 |