Amandante

Nova Opera
Wed 2 Oct 2024 20:15 - 21:45
Wed 2 Oct 2024
20:15 - 21:45
  • Wed 2 Oct 2024
    20:15 - 21:45
    Grote Zaal
    Past event

Program

Maxim Shalygin Amadante
Paul van der Woerd libretto
Edith Dekyndt Ombre indigène (video)

Credits

Nova Opera:
Maryana Golovko
soprano
Anna Kirsh
soprano
Andrii Koshman
baritone
Ruslan Kirsh
baritone

Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
Fiona Robertson
violin I
Ernst Spyckerelle
violin II
Oksana Mukosii
viola
Ketevan Roinishvili
cello
Silvia Gallego
double bass

Aïda Gabriëls director
German Jauregui artistic collaboration & dramaturgy
Mikheil Menabde conductor
Bohdan Polishchuk costume designer
Andrii Koshman producer

Ukrainian music theatre about the emotion of love

Amandante is the first opera by Dutch-Ukrainian composer Maxim Shalygin. Shalygin’s music is adventurously omnivorous, yet rooted in tradition. A spiritual undertone, common in Eastern European music, frequently permeates his work. Amandante is a chamber opera inspired by the ancient Symposium, Plato’s dialogue exploring lust, love, and desire. Staged as a series of tableaux vivants and through a chiaroscuro of emotions, the opera unveils both the radiant beauty of love and its darker, more destructive facets.

Despite the war in their homeland, Ukrainian Nova Opera is creating new productions that reflect the progressive artistic climate in Kyiv. Nova Opera’s unique music theatre blends elements of Gregorian chant, trip hop, avant-garde rock, baroque, and folk music. Their work encompasses a wide range of forms, from traditional theatre to video installations. Their productions, often premiering internationally, have earned widespread critical acclaim.

This is a production of Muziekgebouw Productiehuis in collaboration with Nova Opera, the Greek National Opera and Stichting Ensemble Shapeshift. 

 


Thanks to:
Many thanks to het Cultuurfonds, Eleonora van Heusden Fund and Anna H. Toonen Fund