La Commedia

La Commedia
Louis Andriessen 1939

premiere 12 June 2008 performances 14 15 16 17 18 June 2008
Koninklijk Theater Carré Amsterdam
starting time 20.00 ending time ±21.45 there is no interval

Filmopera in five parts
texts by Dante, Vondel and others, and from the Old Testament

Parts III - V were commissioned by the Fonds voor de Scheppende
Toonkunst and De Nederlandse Opera.

Louis Andriessens latest music-theatre work, a collaboration with film director Hal Hartley, is based principally on Dantes Divina Commedia. The non-linear narration unfolds in five stadia that also show the influence of Hieronymus Bosch. The simultaneous existence of heaven, purgatory and hell, parallels between various scenes and the use of film and stage effects all create the complexity that is necessary to do justice to Dantes greatest creation. To this end, all events portrayed on the film screen and on stage, including dance, the spoken word and song, should be regarded as a reaction to Andriessens extremely varied music. At the end of the piece we are left alone in the silence of eternity with Beatrice and the perennial grumbler Cacciaguida.

musical director
Reinbert de Leeuw
director
Hal Hartley
sets
Paul Clay
costumes
Robby Duiveman
lighting
Scott Zielinski
electronic sound samples
Anke Brouwer

cast:
Beatrice
Claron McFadden
Dante
Cristina Zavalloni
Lucifer
Jeroen Willems
Casella
Marcel Beekman

orchestra
Asko Ensemble
Schönberg Ensemble
vocal ensemble
Synergy Vocals

Category:

Music

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