http://www.greenwichmusicfestival.org/2009/concerts.php?id=14
June 10, 12, 14, 8pm
Theater at St Katherine of Siena, 4 Riverside Ave, Riverside, CT
DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS is a beautiful, irreverent one-act opera composed by Viktor Ullmann and librettist Petr Kien while they were living in the Terezín concentration camp. The original performances were halted when SS guards watched a rehearsal and realized the plot was a thinly veiled allegory for Hitlers war against the Jews. Ullmann and Kien were sent to Auschwitz on October 16, 1944; they died in the camp. A single manuscript survived in the hands of Ullmann's friend.
This new production features young stars from the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Australia and La Scala and the phenomenal NY-based ensemble ICE.
Conductor: Robert Ainsley
Production: Ted Huffman
Director: Ted Huffman
Choreographer & Co-Director: Zack Winokur
Stage and Lighting: Marcus Doshi
Costumes: Paul Carey
Repetiteur: Djordje Nesic
CAST
Kaiser Overall: Keith Phares
Der Lautsprecher/Tod: Jeffrey Tucker
Harlekin: Peter Tantsits
Ein Soldat: Matt Morgan
Bubikopf: Rachelle Durkin
Der Trommler: Katherine Pracht
ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble)
Flute: Eric Lamb
Oboe: Adam Hollander
Clarinet: Joshua Rubin
Alto-Saxophone: Dave Reminick
Trumpet: Peter Evans
Banjo/Guitar: Dan Lippel
Percussion: Ian Antonio
Violin: Erik Carlson
Violin: Jen Curtis
Viola: Wendy Richman
Cello: Kivie Cahn-Lipman
Bass: Randy Zigler
Piano & Harmonium: Djordje Nesic
PRODUCTION
Production Manager: Tom Snyder
Stage Manager: John Crotty
Draper: Mieke Aangeenbrug Knight
Hair & Make-Up: Bridget Ritzinger
Wigs: Dave Bova