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AMOK - An opera loosely inspired by the relationship between Alma Mahler and Oskar Kokoschka
AMOK. Under this mysterious name lie hidden the initials of Alma Mahler and Oskar Kokoschka. The Muse and the Painter. Two extraordinary characters who, at the dawn of the First World War, lived a crazy and tumultuous affair. She was the widow of composer Gustav Mahler, and he a young artist. Kokoschka made Alma his muse and inspiration. Their separation left him bereft. He enlists in the army and returns wounded from the front.
AMOK. For ethnologists, this word refers to a mad dash close to suicide, a term also used to describe the young soldiers of the First World War who ran madly towards the enemy lines. The initials of this passionate couple are strangely troubling... Author and director Orianne Moretti's libretto builds on this strange correspondence, blending Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal and Goethe's Faust in an opera she describes as “expressionist”. For, she says, it is in their poetry that she has found an excessiveness to match this love story with its almost medieval allure. Set to original music by François Cattin, thirteen lyric singers embody the figures who crossed the lives of the terrible lovers.
AMOK. For ethnologists, this word refers to a mad dash close to suicide, a term also used to describe the young soldiers of the First World War who ran madly towards the enemy lines. The initials of this passionate couple are strangely troubling... Author and director Orianne Moretti's libretto builds on this strange correspondence, blending Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal and Goethe's Faust in an opera she describes as “expressionist”. For, she says, it is in their poetry that she has found an excessiveness to match this love story with its almost medieval allure. Set to original music by François Cattin, thirteen lyric singers embody the figures who crossed the lives of the terrible lovers.
Librettist : Orianne MORETTI
Composition : François CATTIN
Music Direction : Nicolas FARINE
Stage Production : Orianne MORETTI
Choreographer : Nans PIERSON
Scenography : Juliette BLONDELLE
Art : Adoka NIITSU
Props : Alain JUTEAU
Lighting : Joël ADAM
Costume : David MESSINGER
Costume Assistant : Madeleine LHOPITALLIER
Hair and Make-up : Fanny JAKUBOWICZ
Dramaturgy Assistant : Daniela BECKER
Lighting Assistant, Assistant Stage Production : Michel CABRERA
Assistant Choreographer : Florine CLA
Distribution ：
Alma : Sophie ANGEBAULT
Oskar : Till FECHNER
Le père d’Alma :Dan POPESCU
Alma jeune fille : Magali ARNAULT-STANCZAK
La mère d’Oskar : Christine TOCCI
La sculptrice : Julia KNECHT
L’amie : Laure SLABIAK
Le biologiste : Nicolas ZIELINSKI
L’homme engagé : Humberto AYERBE PINO
L’homme à la bille rouge :Sébastien OBRECHT
Le compositeur : Vlad CROSMAN
Le médecin : David ORTEGA
L’homme laid : Julien VERONESE
Orchestra ：KNM Berlin
Krajka Raphael, pianiste chanteur
Rebecca Lenton, flûte
Gudrun Reschke, hautbois/cor anglais
Horia Dumitrache, clarinette
Alexandre Babel, percussion
Pascal Viglino, percussion
Frank Gutschmidt, piano
Nathalie Amstutz, harpe
Christine Paté, accordeon
Theodor Flindell, violon
Michael Yokas, violon
Kirstin Maria Pientka, alto
Cosima Gerhardt, violoncelle
John Eckhardt, contrebasse
Coproduction :
Festival Reims Scène d'Europe
Opéra de Reims
Jeune Opéra Compagnie
Correspondances Compagnie
Césaré
TPR — Centre neuchâtelois des arts vivants,La Chaux-de-Fonds
Création mondiale en février 2016 à l'Opéra de Reims.
Cette création a reçu le Label Centenaire l'incluant dans le calendrier officiel des commémorations de la Guerre 14-18 pour le Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale.
RTS Radio Television Swiss : Radio program "Magma" by Yves Bron, Guest : Nicolas Farine
Composition : François CATTIN
Music Direction : Nicolas FARINE
Stage Production : Orianne MORETTI
Choreographer : Nans PIERSON
Scenography : Juliette BLONDELLE
Art : Adoka NIITSU
Props : Alain JUTEAU
Lighting : Joël ADAM
Costume : David MESSINGER
Costume Assistant : Madeleine LHOPITALLIER
Hair and Make-up : Fanny JAKUBOWICZ
Dramaturgy Assistant : Daniela BECKER
Lighting Assistant, Assistant Stage Production : Michel CABRERA
Assistant Choreographer : Florine CLA
Distribution ：
Alma : Sophie ANGEBAULT
Oskar : Till FECHNER
Le père d’Alma :Dan POPESCU
Alma jeune fille : Magali ARNAULT-STANCZAK
La mère d’Oskar : Christine TOCCI
La sculptrice : Julia KNECHT
L’amie : Laure SLABIAK
Le biologiste : Nicolas ZIELINSKI
L’homme engagé : Humberto AYERBE PINO
L’homme à la bille rouge :Sébastien OBRECHT
Le compositeur : Vlad CROSMAN
Le médecin : David ORTEGA
L’homme laid : Julien VERONESE
Orchestra ：KNM Berlin
Krajka Raphael, pianiste chanteur
Rebecca Lenton, flûte
Gudrun Reschke, hautbois/cor anglais
Horia Dumitrache, clarinette
Alexandre Babel, percussion
Pascal Viglino, percussion
Frank Gutschmidt, piano
Nathalie Amstutz, harpe
Christine Paté, accordeon
Theodor Flindell, violon
Michael Yokas, violon
Kirstin Maria Pientka, alto
Cosima Gerhardt, violoncelle
John Eckhardt, contrebasse
Coproduction :
Festival Reims Scène d'Europe
Opéra de Reims
Jeune Opéra Compagnie
Correspondances Compagnie
Césaré
TPR — Centre neuchâtelois des arts vivants,La Chaux-de-Fonds
Création mondiale en février 2016 à l'Opéra de Reims.
Cette création a reçu le Label Centenaire l'incluant dans le calendrier officiel des commémorations de la Guerre 14-18 pour le Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale.
RTS Radio Television Swiss : Radio program "Magma" by Yves Bron, Guest : Nicolas Farine
