Name: Curlew River
Start: 2013-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2013-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theater am Fleischmarkt

Organization

Singer

Gernot Heinrich

No role specified

Sebastian Huppmann

Alexander Kaimbacher

Stephan Rehm

Peter Edelmann

Leonid Sushon

Conductor

Walter Kobéra

Stage director

Carlos Wagner

Costume designer

Christof Cremer

Set designer

Lighting designer

Norbert Chmel

MusikTheater an der Wien

Orchestra

Amadeus Ensemble Wien

Curlew River

Vienna

Austria

Theater am Fleischmarkt

The Prodigal Son

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

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Tenor

Soprano

Baritone

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The death of a child is arguably the worst that can happen for a parent. As a result of this reversal of the expected natural sequence, those affected ask themselves questions about the meaning of their own existence.

The normal cycle of parents or grandparents dying before children and grandchildren is broken. This contradicts our life planning, parents can hardly avoid such a situation.

In his two musical parables Curlew River and The Prodigal Son, Benjamin Britten illuminates the topic of loss, once from the point of view of a mother and the other time from that of a father who has apparently lost his son and finds him again.

Influences from Japanese Nô theater, medieval choral music, Balinese gamelan, English folk songs and the Christian liturgy can be found in both compositions. The grief over a deceased son on the one hand and the joy over a found one on the other. The Far Eastern style context becomes clear in the economical but very colorful orchestration. A theatrical ritual of the
present, with roots in the distant past. Benjamin Britten has poured the broadest range of influences into a unity, which in their severity and through the extremely driven formalism offer the opportunity to meditate on love, grief, loss, hope and faith. Two deeply human dramas that deal with fundamental themes of our existence.

English

Curlew River by Britten, The Prodigal Son by Britten, E 25 märts 2013, Alates (2013/2013), Juhatatud Carlos Wagner,, Dirigent Walter Kobéra, Theater am Fleischmarkt, Vienna, Austria

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