Verschlagwortet: Opera

La Traviata Remixed (Video from Grachtenfestival Amsterdam)

La Traviata Remixed (Video from Grachtenfestival Amsterdam)

The world knows hundreds of Wagner pastiches and mash-ups, and his original operas are of course still played. But strangely enough very little has been done with Verdi’s music, not even parodies.
So I would recommend: If you want to see your nice 19th century „Traviata“ as your grandfather knew it just go to any opera house in your vicinity, chances are good that they will play it at some point.

Terra Nova (A Video Diary), Part 5

Terra Nova (A Video Diary), Part 5

The stage orchestra rehearsals are over and now is the last chance to correct things. Do alien sheep dream of electric composers? How many languages are spoken by the production team? Will the audience care? Will somebody get lost crossing the stage?
These questions are not answered by this video. But everything else will. Just trust me.

Terra Nova (A Video Diary), Part 3

Terra Nova (A Video Diary), Part 3

The most exciting but also nerve-wracking period of any opera production are the Stage/Orchestra rehearsals, where the singers try to cope with the situation on the stage while lighting and direction are usually frustrated about the many things they still have to work on. It is also the last opportunity to make final decisions about the presentation…

Terra Nova, A Video Diary (2)

Terra Nova, A Video Diary (2)

Moritz Eggert Terra Nova oder Das weiße Leben Opera in three acts Libretto by Franzobel and Rainer Mennicken In German with captions Work commissioned by the Landestheater Linz Premiere 26.05.2016 Location Großer Saal Musiktheater Duration 02 hrs. 45 min. Credits Musical director Dennis Russell Davies Takeshi Moriuchi Director Carlus Padrissa...

„Terra Nova“ – a Video Diary (1)

„Terra Nova“ – a Video Diary (1)

It’s difficult to describe, but one of the strangest but also gratifying things about being a composer is that you spend hours on end working alone in a little room, and then you send that somewhere. And then you go there, and suddenly hundreds of people have learned what you wrote and try their best to make it happen, to make it come alive.
Or, as Dennis Russell Davies put it to me today: “You should be happy that you gave so many people something of a secure job, at least for a while”.

wettbewerb? – workshop!

wettbewerb? – workshop!

Was mir beim Lesen des letzten Eintrags von Alexander noch einmal aufgefallen ist. Die Theaterleute spinnen ja. Die schreiben da oft Wettbewerbe aus und dergleichen, suchen junge Komponisten fürs Musiktheater und die jungen Komponisten wollen auch alle fürs Musiktheater schreiben, weil sie wissen, „abopern oder sterben“, denn klar, was ist...