Name: Paradise
Start: 2016-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: MUMUTH

Organization

Steirischer Herbst

musikprotokoll

Set designer

Judith Selenko

Video designer

Monica Duncan

Singer

Spoken

Mario Lopatta

Cyborg

Soprano

Svetlana Speil

Puppet

Jerilyn Chou

Choir

Maria Prvulj

Helena Sorokina

Rodrigo Algara Woodhouse

Roman Ruckhofer

Sreten Manojlovic

Lighting designer

Ralf Beyer

Sound designer

Ulrich Gladisch

Schristian Scheucher

Peter Venus

Orchestra

PPCM-Studierende des Klangforums Wien

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz

English

Paradise

Graz

Austria

MUMUTH

Public

Private

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

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Bass

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Die Operninstallation "Paradise" von Martin Hiendl wurde am 9. Oktober 2016 an der Kunstuniversität Graz im Rahmen von steirischer herbst / ORF musikprotokoll im Mumuth uraufgeführt. Weitere Vorstellungen im Rahmen des abo@MUMUTH fanden am 10. und 11. Oktober 2016 statt.

"Paradise" wurde als eines der beiden Preisträgerwerke des 6. Johann-Joseph-Fux-Opernkompositionswettbewerb des Landes Steiermark ausgezeichnet. Der Wettbewerb finde alle drei Jahre als geladener, dreistufiger Wettbewerb statt.

In this opera installation, inspired by the 1995 science fiction anime classic "Ghost in the Shell" by Mamoru Oshii, two protagonists search for their "natural" voices. One of them – She – might have been a cyborg once, a creature of technology, a human machine, a machine-like human, an asexual being, and yet driven by a desire to know more about her origins, doubting her identity. Having turned into a mass product, her voice no longer signifies uniqueness. The other one – He/She/It – is a new entity: A Golem, Frankenstein or Puppet Master, a living thing striving for individuality. A relationship develops between the two that tells of the nature and boundaries of identity, of hybrid bodies, split egos and the need for recognition. We are in PARADISE, in the Garden of Eden, which we don’t recognise, which never existed. It is but a human invention – it means no more than a word to a cyborg.
This garden is a place designed for people to walk around. PARADISE is an opera consisting not of chronological sequences, but of spatialised scenes, of walk-in spaces. The music and bodies are trapped in these spaces, leaving it to the audience when to enter a scene and when to leave it.
Awards
Johann-Joseph-Fux Opera Composition Competition Graz
Radio
▶︎ ORF Zeitton
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Graz, AU
October 9/10/11, 2016 | Musikprotokoll @ MuMuth

Paradise by Hiendl, From (2016/2016), MUMUTH, Graz, Austria

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

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Ensemble

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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