Name: Esame di Mezzanotte
Start: 2015-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nationaltheater

Organization

Singer

Matthew Shaw

Giro Lamenti

Sebastian Pilgrim

Rasorio

Magnus Piontek

Christoph Wittmann

Fischietti

Reuben Willcox

Santoro

Ziad Nehme

Natale

Vera-Lotte Boecker

Iris

Philipp Alexander Mehr

Prof. Albonea Bucato

Conductor

Johannes Kalitzke

Stage director

Achim Freyer

Costume designer

Set designer

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Esame di Mezzanotte

Mannheim

Germany

Nationaltheater

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Tenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Soprano

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

The young Giro Lamenti, driven by nervousness to insomnia, is tormented by a typical fear scenario: the Abitur is due to take place the next day and he has forgotten everything. At night, Giro wanders through a library that has lost its original purpose. He encounters bizarre figures crawling out of the books and slumbering under the benches. Phantasms become objectified, real fears and surreal events mix beyond recognition. A comical and fantastical opera about the dying world of books, exams and lack of concentration. The libretto was by Ermanno Cavazzoni, who already provided the template Federico Fellini's film The Voice of the Moon, based on his novel Midnight High School. The Italian composer Lucia Ronchetti works with various music-theatrical forms: choral operas for ensembles with amateur choirs are just as much a part of this as music-theatrical experiments without a stage. Commissioned composition financed by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation The premiere is funded by the Stiftung Nationaltheater Mannheim Musical direction: Johannes Kalitzke Staging, stage, costumes, video and light conception: Achim Freyer

Trailer "Midnight exam" von Lucia Ronchetti (Musik) und Ermanno Cavazzoni (Text)

Esame di Mezzanotte by Ronchetti, Fri 29 May 2015, From (2015/2015), Directed by Achim Freyer,, Conductor Johannes Kalitzke, Nationaltheater, Mannheim, Germany

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