Introducing: Brigitta Muntendorf and „finally victim“
Many people have asked Brigitta Muterndorf what her Pocket Opera is about and by now she dreads having to give them an answer. The reactions are often similar – an…
Introducing: Natalia Gaviola and „Still Life with Canister“
Still Life with Canister is neither opera nor musical theatre. It is a theatre scene with music. Natalia Gaviola’s music charges the scenic without ever entering direct relationships with the…
Introducing: Cio D’Or and “distance”
Cio D’Or’s music emerges from an idea that she develops and threads through her own sounds: Emotional, extravagant, charismatic, cinematic and sometimes poetic. Her music explores the “infinity” that exists…
Introducing: Lisa Streich and “…with burning oil”
Three biblical passages in focus: The Annunciation from Luke’s Gospel divided into five sequences, The Parable of the Ten Virgins from Matthew’s Gospel – five wise virgins, five foolish virgins,…
Introducing: Reinhold Schinwald and „foreign body”
“The music of “fremd körper” is mostly based on a sonic transcription of the libretto, which was recited and recorded by a female narrator. The prose text by Sophie Reyer…
Introducing: Silvia Rossini and “Fossilized Wings”
” Fossilized Wings revolves around the theme of sacrifice, a fundamental theme of Christian ethics. According to the Annunciation, Mary offers herself as the medium through which Christ comes into…
Introducing: Brigitta Muntendorf and „Who the hell is Gerty?”
“Who the hell is Gerty?” is not only based on an excerpt from James Joyce’s Ulysses, but the musical realisation also follows the linguistic principle of Joyce’s “expressive form”. What…
Introducing: Hans Peter Jahn and “PASSWORD: messias”
The demands on the so-called MUSICAL THEATRE, which probably come from different directions and are therefore insoluble, almost always turn this genre into what the composer or the music theatre…
Introducing: Hüseyin Evirgen and „Look at the Moon“
The music theatre “Look at the Moon” was created as the third part of a collaboration with Thierry Bruehl (director) for the 2011 Pocket Opera Festival in Salzburg. I see…
Introducing: Michael Beil and “What now?”
“Michael Beil is a master at exploring the compositional process live. Together with the performing musicians, he condenses sounds, videos, actions and allusions into an idiosyncratic didactic concert experience.” (Jury…