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Einstein On The Beach

IN THEIR FIRST OPERA PRODUCTION, SUSANNE KENNEDY AND MARKUS SELG CREATE A FUTURISTIC TOTAL WORK OF ART ABOUT SPACE AND TIME. UTILISING THEIR UNMISTAKABLE STYLE OF THEATRE, THEY SMASH THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN HUMANS AND MACHINES, REALITY AND SIMULATION. INSPIRED BY THE UNCONVENTIONAL GENIUS ALBERT EINSTEIN, PHILIP GLASS CREATED A 20TH-CENTURY MASTERPIECE THAT BREAKS ALL THE RULES OF OPERA AND FAILS TO FOLLOW A LINEAR NARRATIVE STRUCTURE. REPETITIVE PATTERNS MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO EXPERIENCE TIME AS A SENSUAL PHENOMENON AND PUT THE AUDIENCE IN A TRANCE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE TWO SPECIAL ENSEMBLES OF BASLER MADRIGALISTEN AND ENSEMBLE PHOENIX CAN BE EXPERIENCED TOGETHER IN AN OPERA PRODUCTION AT THEATER BASEL.

Einstein on the Beach BY PHILIP GLASS, ROBERT WILSON, © 1976 DUNVAGEN MUSIC PUBLISHERS INC, USED BY PERMISSION.

​Artistic Team
Musical direction :André de Ridder, Jürg Henneberger
Concept: Susanne Kennedy, Markus Selg
Director: Susanne Kennedy
Stage: Markus Selg
Choreography: Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
​ Dramaturgy: Meret Kündig
Sound Design/Voice Montage: Richard Alexander 
Video design:  Rodrik Biersteker, Markus Selg
Costumes : Teresa Vergho
Lighting design: Cornelius Hunziker

CAST
Performance/Dance: Suzan Boogaerdt, Tarren Johnson, Frank Willens, Tommy Cattin, Dominic Santia, Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Solo Violin: Diamanda Dramm
Solo soprano:Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Emily Dilewski
Solo alto:Sonja Koppelhuber, Nadia Catania

Basler Madrigalisten
Raphael Immoos-Vocal coach 
Viviane Hasler, Anna Miklashevich, Viola Molnàr -Soprano
Schoschana Kobelt, Leslie Leon, Barbara Schingnitz- Alto 
Daniel Issa, Patrick Siegrist, Christopher Wattam -Tenor
Tiago Mota, Breno Quinderé, Othmar Sturm- Bass

Ensemble Phœnix Basel
Christoph Bösch, Josef Feichter- Flute
Toshiko Sakakibara- Bass clarinet
Raphael Camenisch, Sascha Armbruster- Saxophone
Ludovic van Hellemont, Samuel Wettstein- Electric organ

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All pictures: Ingo Hoen