ANGELS IN AMERICA
Opera in two parts by Peter Eötvös
Based on the play by Tony Kushner
Libretto by Mari Mezei · Commande du Théâtre du Châtelet
A UdK opera production at the Uni.T
(Theatre of the University of Arts Berlin) 2019
Directed by Isabel Hindersin
Musical director : Christian Schumann
Stage by Iris Christidi
Costumes by Sophie Peters
A collaboration between Voice and Opera student programme, the UdK Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Costume Design and Stage Design student programme.
The intricate stories of Prior, Louis, Belize, Harper, Joe, Roy Cohn and the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg, all battle for life and understanding their existence in the opera by the celebrated composer Peter Eötvös, based on the renowned two-part play by Tony Kushner.
Eötvös boils the seven-hour original piece down to a portrait of a self-compacting world, in which the will to live and the depth of human hope triumphs.
With: Xenia Cumento/Lisa Ziehm, Devi Suriani/Yehui Jeong, Verena Tönjes/Yixuan Zhu, Benjamin de Wilde/Christoph Brunner, Benjamin Popson/Kyoungloul Kim, Alexander Fedorov/Gregor Novak, Eduardo Rojas/TaeKyu Kim, Daniel Nicholson/Jinsei Park, the Voice and Opera programme in collaboration with the Symphony Orchestra of the UdK Berlin.
All the information & more on the UdK website (DE) & in (EN)
Press articles: NMZ, Morgenpost, Konzertkritikopernkritik
