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 Press release from 4th July 2013 Sommer Oper Bamberg 5th European Orchestra and Opera Workshop September 8th October 12th 2013 Don Giovanni coming! The cast – singers and orchestra – of this year’s production of Sommer Oper Bamberg has been chosen. The selection of offspring talents who take part in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni at E.T.A.-­Hoffmann-­Theatre in October could not be more international and promising – and for the first time a young franconian singer participates: Victoria Kunze (Hirschaid) has been chosen out of over 100 contenders to sing the part of Zerlina. 327 singers altogether had applied for Sommer Oper Bamberg 2013. Bamberg. Till Fabian Weser, conductor and artistic director of Sommer Oper Bamberg, had to travel about 10,000 kilometres, a quarter of the earth’s circumference, in order to assemble an orchestra. He listened to nearly 250 musicians from all over Europe – the 9 auditions took him to Hamburg, Berlin, Salamanca (ES), Linz (AT), Maastricht (NL) et al. This journey resulted in an international orchestra of 35 talented young musicians who were able to convince the jury during their audition. During a short workshop period in September, Weser will have to form a homogeneously sounding body out of these 35 individualists from 14 nations. He is very optimistic and sees a high potential in the musicians selected: Until the premiere on 4th October Mozarts Don Giovanni, which is musically challenging for everybody, is going to sound monolithic. Titel role of Don Giovanni finally assigned after 3 auditions! Several auditions had been scheduled not only for the instrumentalists, but also for the young singers. For the jury it was not only important to win the best voices for SOB13, but also to establish two homogeneous ensembles, which will take turns performing „Don Giovanni“ in October. Not less than 15 opera singers between 21 and 33 years of age are going to work on Mozarts „Don Giovanni“, in a masterclass by Kammersängerin Angelika Kirchschlager, guided by conductor and artistic director Till F. Weser and stage director (and theatre manager) Rainer Lewandowski. „Many of them have fascinating biograhpies “, Weser enthuses about his cast, „but it is important to know that the opera requires experienced singers. Especially the 1
recitatives are extremely challenging for the singers: They have to convey the dramatic as well as the humorous nature of the opera“. Cast Singers: Donna Anna Donna Anna Donna Elvira Donna Elvira Zerlina Zerlina Don Ottavio Don Ottavio Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Masetto Masetto Leporello Leporello Commendatore Piano forte Piano forte Orchestra: Julia Makarevich Valda Wilson Hyunjin Park Oksana Pollani Victoria Kunze Ralitsa Ralinova Francisco Fernandez Ruada Hitoshi Tamada Benjamin Appl Jiri Rajnis Nicholas Probst Jan Szurgot Giuseppe di Paola Seo Kwangmin Philip Mehr Germany Australia South Korea Ukraine Germany Bulgaria Spain Japan Germany Czech Republic USA Poland Italy South Korea Germany Clemens Mohr Pablo García-­‐Berlanga Germany Spain Flute Flute Oboe Oboe Clarinet Clarinet Bassoon Bassoon French Horn French Horn Trumpet Trumpet Trombone Trombone Trombone Timpani Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Viola Viola Viola Viola Violoncello Violoncello Violoncello Double Bass Double Bass Madara Behmane Katharina Möritz Haruna Kinugasa Yu-­‐Syuan Liao Martin Möhler Javier Olmeda Noguera Ujeong Kim Maria Castro Tinne Dehertefeld Flavia Comba Tibor Mészáros Tobias Fehse Shiori Doi Simon Schunn Ulrike Gäbel Jonathan Beyers Jutta Klement Mai Tategami Sophie Keiter Wakana Ohtsuki I-­‐Chen Liao Liubov Petrova Hsu-­‐Mo Chien Sergio Suarez Beatriz Sirvent Romero Agata Pontius Maria Jadziewicz Layla Khayyat Arranz Sergio Montero del Pozo Alice Karbanova Noemi Puente-­‐Belda Aleksander Zhibaj Franziska Rees Beatriz Jimenez Peris Clara Pertierra Sánchez Latvia Germany Japan Taiwan Germany Spain South Korea Portugal Belgium Switzerland Hungary Germany Japan Germany Germany Belgium Germany Japan Germany Japan Taiwan Russia Taiwan Spain Spain Poland Poland Spain Spain Czech Republic Spain Albania Germany Spain Spain 2
With the 5th European Orchestra and Opera Workshop of Sommer Oper Bamberg young, talented orchestra musicians and opera singers are invited to acquire and to put on stage a Mozart opera under professional coaching. Appointed dates for the public masterclass of Angelika Kirchschlager: Sunday – Wednesday, 8th-­11th September 2013, respectively 10-­‐1 p.m and 3-­‐6 p.m. Location: E.T.A. Hoffmann-­‐Theatre Bamberg, no application required! Sommer Oper Bamberg 2013 -­ 5th European Orchestra and Opera Workshop E. T. A. -­‐Hoffmann-­‐Theatre, Bamberg Premiere I & II: „Don Giovanni“ by W. A. Mozart:, 4th and 6th October 2013 Further performances: 7th, 9th, 10th, 12th October 2013, sunday & holiday 7.30 p.m., weekday 8.00 p.m. Tickets: advance booking starting last week of August, www.theater-­‐bamberg.de, Fon (0951) 873030 More information: http://www.sommer-­‐oper-­‐bamberg.de/en Local roject partners E.T.A.-­‐Hoffmann-­‐Theater Bamberg, Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Richard-­‐Wagner-­‐Verband Bamberg European project partners Anton-­‐Bruckner Universität Linz (AT), Conservatorio superior de Musica de Salamanca (ES), Conservatorium Maastricht (NL) German project partners Landestheater Coburg, Agentur Artista International (Berlin) Funding / Patrons LfA Förderbank Bayern, GVL -­‐ Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten, Bayerischer Kulturfonds, Stadt Bamberg, Förderverein der Sommer Oper Bamberg e. V. , INA-­‐Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG, Deutsche Bank, Lions Club Bamberg, Stiftung der Sparkasse Bamberg, Botschaft von Spanien, Dr. Pfleger GmbH, Mediengruppe Oberfranken Press contact Sommer Oper Bamberg: Kerstin Werner, k.werner@sommer-­‐oper-­‐bamberg.de Fon +49 -­‐ (0)951-­‐ 968 23 81, Fax +49 -­‐ (0)951-­‐ 968 23 84 3