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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 | Swiss premiere: June 4th, 2022 Basel, Switzerland. Theater Basel Austrian premiere: June 10th, 2022 Vienna, Austria. Wiener Festwochen German premiere: June 30th, 2022 Berlin, Germany. Berliner Festspiele |
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All pictures: Ingo Hoen