Kleine Zeitung Steiermark
Walther Neumann, 27.04.2023
"Strasnoy has all the singer-actors sing without accompaniment: The a cappella course is an enormous challenge, which the six KUG students Ana Caseiro, Ellen Rose Kelly, Valentino Blasina, Harald Hieronymus Hein, Felix Heuser and Johannes Wieners (Witold) master with great bravura. For this reason alone, it is worth attending this vocal high and low rollercoaster on the Studiobühne of the Graz Opera."
Geschichte
by Oscar Strasnoy
Österreichische Erstaufführung 25.04.2023
Operette a cappella
Libretto von Galin Stoev und Oscar Strasnoy, nach Witold Gombrowicz
In deutscher Sprache
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Inszenierung Lars Marcel Braun
Bühne & Kostüme Victor Labarthe d'Arnoux
Licht Daniel Weiss
Mutter | Zarin Alexandra Fedorowna | Hindenburg
Ana Caseiro
Rena | Tina
Ellen Kelly
Witold | General
Johannes Wieners
Jerzy | 1. Minister | Eulenburg
Valentino Blasina
Janusz | Rasputin | 2. Minister | Pless
Felix Heuser
Vater | Zar Nikolaus II. | Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Harald Hieronymus Hein
Das Gesicht im Spiegel
by Jörg Widmann
Österreichische Erstaufführung 12.09.2022
Hungarische Erstaufführung 15.10.2022
Libretto von Roland Schimmelpfennig
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Künstlerische Leitung Walter Kobéra
Inszenierung Carlos Wagner
Bühne & Kostüm Christof Cremer
Klangregie Christina Bauer
Lichtdesign Norbert Chmel
Choreinstudierung Bernhard Jaretz
Patrizia
Roxane Choux
Justine
Ana Catarina Caseiro
Bruno
Wolfgang Resch
Milton
Georg Klimbacher
N. (Tänzerin)
Eszter Petrány
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Damen des Wiener Kammerchors
amadeus ensemble-wien
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Neue Oper Wien - Koproduktion mit dem Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival, Gastspiel im Palace of Arts (müpa Budapest)
Olyrix.com
Vinda Sonata Miguna, 20.09.2022
"Ana Catarina Caseiro (Justine) enchants with the regularity and thickness of her tone. Her classical technique stands out in the phrasing and inflections (especially in the ascents to the upper register) while giving her character an air of mystery. But this haunting presence in no way omits the spontaneity that guarantees the dramatic weight of her character. Her controlled outbursts flow lyrically from her middle register to the imposing breakthroughs in the upper register, before descending to the most delicate moments of meditation. The brilliance and elegance of her voice consolidate her stage presence, which is adequate to embody a quasi-human, of a confused and indeterminable nature."
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Fidelio.hu
Kata Kondor, 25.10.2022
"The most significant singing performance of the evening was given by Ana Catarina Caseiro, who portrayed Justine. The author wrote a very high voice for both female characters, but the Portuguese soprano sang it with a captivatingly beautiful timbre throughout. "
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