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Europera 3 & 4

Internationales Opernstudio Köln

Opera singers draped in historical costumes sing arias from the historical European repertory over one another. At the same time, opera extracts are played on a piano while there’s more classical opera coming from long play discs. In a nutshell this sums up Europera 3 and 4, the middle parts of the Europeras series, which John Cage created in the last few years of his life. In the Holland Festival they will be performed under the young Greek/German director Elena Tzavara. Europera 3 is a multi-layered, tumultuous work, whereas Europera 4 might best be described as a sublime, intimate experience. Each part being the flipside of the other, Cage insisted they should always be performed together. Cage himself said about the series: ‘For two hundred years the Europeans have been sending us their operas. Now I’m sending them back.’

dates

Sun June 10 2012 4:30 PM

information

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credits

music John Cage performance Internationales Opernstudio Köln vocals Ji-Hyun An, Rachel Bate, Gloria Rehm, Sévag Tachdjian, Gustavo Quaresma, Sandra Janke, Yong-Doo Park piano Siro Battaglin, Raimund Laufen direction Elena Tzavara sound design Paul Jeukendrup light design Valentin Gallé costumes Elisabeth Vogetseder technical consultants Volker Rhein collaboration Oper Köln, ACHT BRÜCKEN | Musik für Köln, Holland Festival

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