Wednesday 17.09
h 20:00
TRANSART
25
AMOPERA
AMOPERA is the result of an intensive encounter between Klangforum Wien and Belgian Needcompany, featuring Grace Ellen Barkey, Maarten Seghers, and Jan Lauwers. In this unique constellation - part musical time travel, part scenic performance - audiences are invited into a dynamic new concert format: a meta-opera. Spanning over 100 years of opera history and infused with Needcompany’s theatrical language, AMOPERA pioneers a bold approach to modern and contemporary opera.
By way of montage, adaptation, and concentration, excerpts from various works were interlinked in order to re-activate their artistic potential on a new level. “Amopera is a catastrophe, a contemporary battle, a dystopic ballad, a passionate dialogue, a healing process, an ode to the voice, to opera, to humanity; an ode to the richness and versatility of art.” — Jan Lauwers
When
Where
Italian premiere
Think Tank Creativity grant
The Italian premiere of AMOPERA in Bolzano at TRANSART25 is made possible also thanks to the support of the Think Tank Creativity grant from the Municipality of Bolzano and Bolzano UNESCO City of Music, in cooperation with Klangforum Wien and NOSPR Katowice, whom we thank for their generous support and for choosing to believe in the value of this cultural initiative.
Kindly supported by
Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Haselsteiner Familien-Privatstiftung
Partner
Universal Edition
AMOPERA is the result of an intensive encounter between Klangforum Wien and Belgian Needcompany, featuring Grace Ellen Barkey, Maarten Seghers, and Jan Lauwers. In this unique constellation - part musical time travel, part scenic performance - audiences are invited into a dynamic new concert format: a meta-opera. Spanning over 100 years of opera history and infused with Needcompany’s theatrical language, AMOPERA pioneers a bold approach to modern and contemporary opera.
By way of montage, adaptation, and concentration, excerpts from various works were interlinked in order to re-activate their artistic potential on a new level. “Amopera is a catastrophe, a contemporary battle, a dystopic ballad, a passionate dialogue, a healing process, an ode to the voice, to opera, to humanity; an ode to the richness and versatility of art.” — Jan Lauwers
Duration
90'
Good to know
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Director
Jan Lauwers
Conductor
Tim Anderson
Scenography 'MALAM/NIGHT'
Grace Tjang
Soprano
Sarah Maria Sun
Baritone
Holger Falk
Performed by
Grace Tjang, Maarten Seghers, Paul Blackman
Ensemble
Klangforum Wien
Assistant Choreographer
Paul Blackman
Light Designer
Koen De Saeger
Costumes
Grace Tjang
Dramaturgy
Elke Janssens, Maarten Seghers, Sophie Schafleitner, Christoph Walder
Assistant director
Emily Hehl
Sound Director
Jakob Palfrader
Surtitles
Suzy Löscher
Costume Assistant
Bedia Ekiz
photo: ©ValerieMaltseva
Thanks to
Italian premiere
Think Tank Creativity grant
The Italian premiere of AMOPERA in Bolzano at TRANSART25 is made possible also thanks to the support of the Think Tank Creativity grant from the Municipality of Bolzano and Bolzano UNESCO City of Music, in cooperation with Klangforum Wien and NOSPR Katowice, whom we thank for their generous support and for choosing to believe in the value of this cultural initiative.
Kindly supported by
Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Haselsteiner Familien-Privatstiftung
Partner
Universal Edition
Thanks to
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