Die Omama im Apfelbaum

In the children’s opera based on the famous book by Mira Lobe and Susi Weigl, Theresita Colloredo and Elisabeth Naske have created a sensitive and imaginative portrait depicting how the main character Andi learns responsibility. During the course of the work, the young boy learns that wishes and reality sometimes overlap in a wonderful fashion, in this case unexpectedly providing him with a grandma he has been yearning for a very long time. Naske charmingly fuses a variety of different musical traditions ranging from classical opera singing and traditional folk elements to rap. The ‘Cooking Hip-Hop’ is accompanied by percussive forces including a meat tenderiser, egg whisk and cheese grater. The modest instrumental forces required makes this work ideal for performances in small theatres and opera studios for audiences aged six years and up.