Name: Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind
Start: 2022-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theater Aachen

Artist

Admin

Singer

Tenor

Joshua Owen Mills

Habakuk

Conductor

Christopher Ward

Stage director

Ute M Engelhardt

Set designer

Henriette Hübschmann

Costume designer

Choreographer

Ken Bridgen

Dramaturge

Fabian Bell

Lighting designer

Eduard Joebges

Ronan Collett

Astragalus, the king of the Alps

Baritone

Paul Armin Edelmann

Rappelkopf

Irina Popova

Sabine, his wife

Netta Or

Marthe, his daughter

Soon-Wook Ka

Hans, musician

Anne-Aurore Cochet

Lieschen ,serves at Rappelkopf's

Pawel Lawreszuk

Veit Meinhart

carpenter

village musician

Ayaka Igarashi

Katharine, his wife

Jelena Rakic

Susel, his daughter

Toni, dancer

Theater Aachen

German

Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind

Aachen

Germany

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

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Pianist

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Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

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Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

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Choir

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Illustrator

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Stage Manager

Teacher

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Wig & Makeup Designer

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Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Bass

Contralto

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

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Spoken

Rappelkopf, a misanthrope as he is in the book: He is suspicious, jealous and always suspects fraudulent intentions. The mountain spirit Astragalus – called the King of the Alps – puts a spell on him and shows him his own behavior. The horrified misanthrope is being cured... Leo Blech was a turn-of-the-century composer who achieved great renown as a conductor and also worked in his native city of Aachen. His compositional work, which was influenced by role models such as Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, is committed to late-Romantic aesthetics and often refers to fairy-tale scenes that were particularly popular during the 19th century - not least in the works of Engelbert Humperdinck, whose pupil Blech had once been. Due to his Jewish origins, his plays disappeared from the schedules of theaters and concert halls in the 1930s and are still waiting to be rediscovered today. With »Alpine King and Misanthrope«, one of the composer's main works can now be heard.

English

Rappelkopf, ein Misanthrop wie er im Buche steht: Er ist misstrauisch, missgünstig und wittert stets betrügerische Absichten. Der Berggeist Astragalus – genannt Alpenkönig – belegt ihn mit einem Zauber und führt ihm das eigene Verhalten vor Augen. Der entsetzte Menschenfeind wird kuriert… Leo Blech war ein Komponist der Jahrhundertwende, der insbesondere als Dirigent zu großem Ansehen gelangte und auch in seiner Geburtsstadt Aachen wirkte. Sein kompositorisches Schaffen, das durch Vorbilder wie Richard Wagner und Richard Strauss beeinflusst wurde, ist der spätromantischen Ästhetik verpflichtet und verweist nicht selten auf märchenhafte Szenerien, die sich während des 19. Jahrhunderts besonderer Beliebtheit erfreuten – nicht zuletzt auch in den Werken von Engelbert Humperdinck, dessen Schüler Blech einst gewesen war. Aufgrund seiner jüdischen Herkunft verschwanden seine Stücke in den dreißiger Jahren von den Spielplänen der Theater- und Konzerthäuser und warten bis heute auf eine Wiederentdeckung. Mit »Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind« erklingt nun eines der Hauptwerke des Komponisten.

Deutsch

Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind by Blech, Sun 25 Sep 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Ute M Engelhardt,, Conductor Christopher Ward, Theater Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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