Tan Dun: Marco Polo (De Nederlandse Opera)

In Marco Polo, an opera within an opera, composer Tan Dun portrays the Venetian explorers travels to the Far East as a journey of both inner and physical discovery, a voyage depicting spiritual experiences as well as a geographical expedition. At the same time the work, on a libretto by Paul Griffiths, can be seen as a compositional adventure of the composer himself, unifying the various cultural worlds he occupies: a blend of Western avant garde and Oriental traditions. Pierre Audis mythical staging and Jean Kalmans fabulous set design complement the composers own musical direction, forging the dazzlingly versatile soloists, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Capella Amsterdam to a stunning symbiosis of elements across time and space, a true testimony to cultures intertwined in globalisation.

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• ''Opus
• Arte''
• ''Tan
• Dun''
• ''Marco
• Polo''
• ''De
• Nederlandse
• Opera''
• Charles Workman
• Sarah Castle
• Stephen Richardson
• Nancy Allen Lundy
• Zhang Jun
• Tania Kross
• Stephen Bryant
• Mu Na
• Cappella Amsterdam
• Tan Dun
• Pierre Audi
• De Nederlandse Opera

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