Last night at the &TD Theater there was literally no place for an extra chair, and after the first complete performance of all five episodes of the Soap Opera many were smiling broadly. When will the next performance be?
Sonja Lončar and Andrija Pavlović have been playing and working together for more than a decade. We wanted to know when and where they “clicked”.
Kako zvuči building sound composition Gerrieta K. Sharme? Provjerite od sutra do 25. travnja u 23.59 u Francuskom paviljonu!
Prvi dan biennala, odmah nakon svečanog otvaranja premijerom Papandopulove „Madame Buffault“ u zagrebačkom HNK-u, završava gostovanjem austrijskog ansambla za suvremenu glazbu Klangforum Wien, koji će nastupiti u 22 sata u Zagrebačkom kazalištu mladih.
Jučer smo u Hrvatskom narodnom kazalištu imali priliku na pokusu prvi puta čuti kako zvuči opera Madame Buffault Borisa Papandopula kojom će u subotu 18. travnja, uz izravni prijenos na trećem programu Hrvatske televizije, biti otvoreno 28. izdanje Muzičkog biennala Zagreb.
To sing ten roles from ten operas written by ten different composers in one night – the unprecedented feat will be performed by Monika Cerovčec, soprano, and Krešimir Stražanac, bass-baritone, at the28th Music Biennale Zagreb.
After the first three episodes composed by Mladen Tarbuk, Mirela Ivičević i Zoran Juranić, the plot, music and characters of the soap opera have been passed along to Silvio Foretić.
Lina Tonia (Greece), opera Fear &(s) the Love: One of the most important thing in opera is the theme of the libretto, and the challenge for me was to find an interesting story that could be integrated in few lines!
Juan María Solare (Argentina), opera Dear Mr. Millionaire: We, human beings, keep fresh and alive by doing things we have never done before. In my case, the challenge had two facets: to compress and develop a coherent story in a few minutes, and to compose a music piece that would be part of a whole. Because, in a certain way, this will be a collective composition: a "blind date" with other nine composers...
Gillis Sacré (Belgium), opera L'hypnose: Maybe the most difficult thing for me was that this short piece had to be complete, had to stand on his own, with a beginning, a middle section and an end, both musically and dramatically.
Steven Prengels (Belgium), opera Dramaturgie d'un Passion: I am very fond of short pieces. It fits me quite good to try and tell something within a very short amount of time and with very few means. Especially in this task: an opera of 5 minutes. It forces you to search for a very clear idea about how to handle this.
Martyna Kosecka (Poland), opera Kochawaya: Music Biennale Zagreb is one of the most popular festivals of contemporary music in Europe. I didn't have the pleasure to attend the Festival before, but I was aware of it's existence and always have followed the news about it.