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unusual facts about Nicholas Lens


Herman Portocarero

Portocarero provided the structure and wrote the Latin libretto for the requiem Flamma Flamma, by composer Nicholas Lens.


Orrori dell’Amore

The 12th track from Nicholas Lens' Orrori dell'Amore called Was hast du mit meinem Herz getan? was used as outro-song by the German hardrock band Rammstein at the end of all concerts of the Live aus Berlin-Tour, 1998, the Mutter-Tour, 2001 and on the DVD and CD Live aus Berlin of Rammstein.

Orrori dell'Amore is also a short film directed by Isabelle Desprechins, written by Nicholas Lens, produced by Tabaran Company, starring Claron McFadden and Henk Lauwers, music titletrack Orrori dell'Amore.

Schott Music

Peter Eötvös recently joined Schott, as well as several young composers during the last years: Chaya Czernowin, Joe Duddell, Moritz Eggert, Kenneth Hesketh, Christian Jost, Tatjana Komarova, Nicholas Lens, Olli Mustonen, Benjamin Schweitzer, Jörg Widmann and Lei Liang.

Slow Man

An operatic adaption of Slow Man by the composer Nicholas Lens, in close co-operation with Coetzee who wrote the libretto, had its world premiere on 5 July 2012 by the Malta Festival 2012 in Poznań, with the Opera Poznań Grand Theatre Wielki.


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