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An opera in two acts based on the play of the same name Steven Berkoff
Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage
Munich Opera Festival
Monday, 03. July 2017
08:30 pm – 09:50 pm
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Duration est. 1 hours 20 minutes
Prices PG24
Premiere at 26. June 2017
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Cast
- Musikalische Leitung
- Oksana Lyniv
- Inszenierung
- Wolfgang Nägele
- Ausstattung
- Franziska Boos
- Licht
- Benjamin Richter
- Dramaturgie
- Rainer Karlitschek
- Mom/ Waitress 2/ Sphinx 1
- Miranda Keys
- Wife/ Waitress 1/ Sphinx 2
- Okka von der Damerau
- Eddy
- Tim Kuypers
- Dad/ Café Manager/ Chief of Police
- Robert Bork
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An opera in two acts based on the play of the same name Steven Berkoff Composer: Mark-Anthony Turnage
Fate could not be more cruel: fulfilling a prophecy, Oedipus unknowingly murders his father and marries his mother. Since ancient times, this myth about the Theban ruler has been adapted by countless authors, unleashing its power on the stage and counteracted the idea of free will. The London actor and playwright Steven Berkoff locates his version of the tale in the socially deprived areas of his home city, letting the social pressures and cruelties of the present flow into the myth. Marc Anthony Turnage's operatic version is based on Berkoff's drama. It plays freely with the musical styles of the 20th Century, thereby unleashing its very own power. The work was first performed in 1988 at the Munich Biennale and was the composer's international breakthrough. Almost thirty years later, a young production team once again take on the piece's timeless questions as part of the Festival Workshop.
Biographies
Oksana Lyniv, geboren in Brody/Ukraine, studierte Dirigieren u. a. an der Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden. Von 2008 bis 2013 war sie stellvertretende Chefdirigentin am Akademischen Nationaltheater Odessa. Als Dirigentin leitete sie u. a. Opernaufführungen an der Estnischen Nationaloper und der Oper Bonn. Von 2013 bis 2017 war sie an der Bayerischen Staatsoper als Assistentin des Generalmusikdirektors Kirill Petrenko engagiert. Hier dirigierte sie u. a. La clemenza di Tito, Ariadne auf Naxos, Greek und Lady Macbeth von Mzensk. 2015 debütierte sie an der Kungliga Operan in Stockholm mit Der Nussknacker, es folgten weitere Debüts u. a. am Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona (Der fliegende Holländer). Seit der Spielzeit 2017/18 ist sie Chefdirigentin der Oper Graz. (Stand: 2019)