Admin

Theater Aachen

Tenor (+1)

Bettina Scheuritzel

Queen / Bear

Zanger

Puah Kriener

Princess / Jaguar

Acteur (+1)

Philipp Manuel Rothkopf

Purcell

Sopraan

Larisa Akbari

Zempoalla

Mezzosopraan (+1)

Alexander Scheuermann

Harpy

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Fernando Derks Bustamante

Kostuum ontwerper

Video

Regisseur (+1)

Natalia Ortiz

Matias Canales

Vertaler

Miriam Denger

Dirigent

Koor meester (+1)

Jori Klomp

Regisseur

Carlina Derks Bustamante

Daniel Cremer

Licht ontwerper

Dirk Sarach-Craig

Geluidsontwerper

Jose Luis Macias Paredes

Ilyari Derks Bustamante

Dramaturg

Kerstin Grübmeyer

Dramaturg (+1)

Isabelle Becker

Orchestra

Aachen Symphony Orchestra

Chorus

Aachen Theater Chorus

Eva Diederix

Spirits of the Air

Bariton (+3)

Ronan Collett

Condor

Evelyn Grünwald

Water Amazonas

Stefanie Rösner

Water Andes

Sopraan (+1)

Antonella Schiazza

Line Lerho

Alto-mezzo (+2)

Jennifer Tani

Laia Vallés

Bas (+5)

David Howes

Sopraan (+2)

Corinna Heller

A story about love and revenge, with a power-hungry "Queen of the Aztecs" at its center - that could be a summary of Henry Purcell's rarely performed baroque opera "The Indian Queen." The Ecuadorian artists and authors of the group "Colectivo Yama," Carlina Derks Bustamante and Natalia Ortiz, use Purcell's work as an opportunity to tell the story of the actual indigenous "queens" of their country: women have always led the indigenous resistance against colonial and neoliberal exploitation of people and nature. While the semi-opera by Purcell and its author John Dryden was a stereotypical plot about war and intrigue in an exotic setting, "The Indian Queens" is a powerful fable about resistance and the vision of successful coexistence - today's "Indian queens" have their say and their struggle is given a face. Purcell's music combines with a new text, traditional Andean music and baroque music with documentary footage, and opera with drama.

As part of our project AKZENT Barock! funded by »Neue Wege«, the funding program of the NRW KULTURsekretariat.

The Indian Queen, Purcell

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Queen / Bear

Princess / Jaguar

Purcell

Zempoalla

Harpy

Spirits of the Air

Condor

Water Amazonas

Water Andes

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Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Dramaturg

Video

Geluidsontwerper

Vertaler

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Producent

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Koor

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