Name: Blue
Start: 2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Organization

Glimmerglass Festival

Dirigat

Kwamé Ryan

Regie

Tazewell Thompson

Bühnenbild

Donald Eastman

Kostümbild

Jessica Jahn

Lichtgestaltung

Robert Wierzel

Bass

Kenneth Kellogg

The Father

Bariton

Will Liverman

The Reverend

Sopran

Vuvu Mpofu

Girlfriends/Congregants

Rehanna Thelwell

Tenor

Martin Mkhize

Policemen/Congregants

Thando Mjandana

Vimbayi Kaziboni

Jonathan Taylor Rush

Mezzosopran

Aundi Marie Moore

The Mother

Darius Gillard

The Son

Eric Norbury

Thembinkosi Magagula

Charles Williamson

De Nationale Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Washington National Opera

Orchestra

Residentie Orkest

Englisch

Blue

Washington

Vereinigte Staaten

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Amsterdam

Niederlande

Public

Private

Genehmigt

Instrumentalist

Klavier

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da Gambist

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Komposition

Libretto

Choreographie

Tänzer

Schauspiel

Chordirektion

Videogestaltung

Dramaturgie

Übersetzung

Tongestaltung

Korrepetition

Maske

Leitender Produzent

Haar

Andere

Stage Manager

Chor

Orchester

Poet

GesangslehrerIn

Lehrer

Photographer

Rundfunk

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Singer

Countertenor

Bass-Bariton

Gesprochen

Kinderstimme

Leise

Alto

Continuo

Stage director Tazewell Thompson about the opera Blue | Dutch National Opera

Opera has rarely been as topical as Blue. In Harlem, a black couple anticipates the birth of its first-born son, with both hope and anxiety. The mother worries about her son’s future as she watches him become a young man and enter the world of activism. Meanwhile, the father tries to open his son’s eyes to the realities of 21st century America, whilst simultaneously struggling with his own identity as a police officer, a ‘Black man in blue’. When the parents’ deepest fears come true, they have to find a way to cope with reality.

Stage director Tazewell Thompson about the opera Blue | Dutch National Opera

A powerful portrait of an African-American family
Dutch National Opera presents the European premiere of Blue , an opera by the Tony Award-winning American composer Jeanine Tesori and American librettist and director Tazewell Thompson. Inspired by today's America and black literature, they tell about a community in turbulent times, which finds support and strength in togetherness. A devastating event leads to sadness, but also to connection, in which the shared music plays an important role.

 The opera, which had its world premiere during the Glimmerglass festival in July 2019, was overtaken by reality by the events surrounding George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement that spread around the world and for which countless people took to the streets in Amsterdam. An opera on the cutting edge, which partly because of this won the Music Critics Association of North America Award for Best New Opera in 2020.

English

Blue by Tesori, Ab (2022/2023), Unter der Regie von Tazewell Thompson,, Dirigat Kwamé Ryan, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Jonathan Taylor Rush, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, Vereinigte Staaten

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