Erdbeben. Träume.

Name: Erdbeben. Träume.
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 359472
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Opera in one act

Libretto by Marcel Beyer

Edition: Performance material

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Set to a libretto by Marcel Beyer, this opera tells of a child whose parents were massacred leaving him to be raised by foster parents. The child goes on a journey to find his real parents asking himself, ‘Where are my real parents?’ and ‘Who am I?’

The audience follows the aural and visual representation of the child’s existencial voyage as he prepares to become an adult. Nevertheless, this journey is by no means without peril.

Awaiting him are violent forces of nature (earthquakes and tsunamis), the terrifying unconscious mass violence hidden in the heart of humans, and the ferocity of nature; on the other hand, there emerges the love story of his parents, the solidarity of mankind, and the grace of nature. Toshio Hosokawa

Orchestral Cast

2(2.pic, afl&bfl).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2(2.cbsn)-4.2.2.1-4perc(I: 2cong, b.d, marac; II: gong, tam-t, 4bng, 3wdbl, 2tempbl; III: xyl, sus cym, tam-t, b.d, guiro, marac, ratchet, 3wdbl, water, 4furin, antique cym; IV: vib, sus cym, 4bng, guiro, 4furin, antique cym, 4rin on timp)-hp.cel-str

Cast

Josephe Asteron · soprano - Jeronimo · baritone - Elvire · mezzo-soprano - Fernando Ormez · baritone - Constanze · soprano - Pedrillo · tenor

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Title:

Erdbeben. Träume.

Opera in one act

Libretto by Marcel Beyer

based on "Das Erdbeben von Chili" by Heinrich von Kleist

Language:

German

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2017 - 2018

Duration:

90 ′0 ′′

World Premiere:

July 1, 2018 · Stuttgart (D)
Opernhaus
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling · Choir director: Christoph Heil
Original staging: Jossi Wieler; Sergio Morabito · Costumes: Anna Viebrock · Set design: Anna Viebrock
(scenic)

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by Staatstheater Stuttgart

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