Wiener Taschenoper (Vienna pocket opera) is an Austrian opera company based in Vienna.

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cite them and the

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as "two of the independent groups which perform exclusively 20th and 21st-century opera".

Productions

Choreographer

Saskia Hölbling Saskia Hölbling (born 6 March 1971) is an Austrian choreographer and dancer ( contemporary dance) Life and work Hölbling was born in Vienna. She created her first works during her degree course at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien in f ...

staged in 2002 ''Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda'' by

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combined with '' A-Ronne'' by

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

. In 2004 she developed a choreography with four dancers for ''Labyrinth'' in collaboration with the composer

Wolfgang Mitterer Wolfgang Mitterer (born 6 June 1958 in Lienz, East Tyrol) is an Austrian composer and musician (organ, keyboard). Biography Wolfgang Mitterer studied with Otto Bruckner in Graz in 1977, and then from 1978 to 1983 at the University of Music an ...

and the video artist Alexej Paryla, It was performed at the Semper Depot of Vienna by DANS.KIAS, with

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, soprano. In 2008, the second act of Karlheinz Stockhausen's ''

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'', titled ''Michaels Reise um die Erde'' (Michael's Journey Around the Earth) was staged, in collaboration with the

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, by Carlus Padrissa of

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, with stage direction by Roland Olbeter. It was performed by

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(trumpet),

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(basset horn), and

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, directed by

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. The production was also shown in Cologne, Venice, Warsaw, Dresden and Paris. In 2009, Hölbling produced three works by Berio: ''Naturale'', ''Visage'' and ''Sequenza V''.

Operas for children

Since 2006 the Wiener Taschenoper has produced contemporary operas for children. A series of operas based on fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm have included Wolfgang Mitterer's ''Das Tapfere Schneiderlein'', Ali N. Askin's ''Eisenhans'', and in 2010 ''Die Gänsemagd'' by Iris ter Schiphorst. In 2008

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's ''A House Full of Music'' was staged, accompanied by detailed background information and material for teachers.

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's ''Das kleine Gespenst'' after

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's book was performed in 2010 in collaboration with the

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References

External links

Official site

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