Wiener Taschenoper (Vienna pocket opera) is an Austrian opera company based in Vienna.
Insight Guides cite them and the
Neue Oper Wien 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 from ...
staged in 2002 ''Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda'' by
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is consider ...
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 and ...
and the video artist Alexej Paryla, It was performed at the Semper Depot of Vienna by DANS.KIAS, with
Katia Plaschka
Katia Plaschka is a German coloratura soprano who performs in opera, especially contemporary opera, and concert performances of oratorios.
Career
Katia Plaschka studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt until 2002 with Gunnel T ...
, soprano.
In 2008, the second act of Karlheinz Stockhausen's ''
Donnerstag aus Licht'', titled ''Michaels Reise um die Erde'' (Michael's Journey Around the Earth) was staged, in collaboration with the
Wiener Festwochen
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The Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) is a cultural festival in Vienna that takes place every year for five or six weeks in May and June. The Wiener Festwochen was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the four Alli ...
, by Carlus Padrissa of
La Fura dels Baus, with stage direction by Roland Olbeter. It was performed by
Marco Blaauw (trumpet),
Nicola Jürgensen (basset horn), and
musikFabrik
The Ensemble Musikfabrik (music factory ensemble) is an ensemble for contemporary classical music located in Cologne. Their official name is Ensemble Musikfabrik Landesensemble NRW e.V. (Ensemble Musikfabrik of the state of North Rhine-Westphali ...
, directed by
Peter Rundel
Peter Rundel (born 1958 in Friedrichshafen), is a German violinist and conductor. A recipient of the Grand Prix du Disque in 1998 for his recording of Jean Barraqué's complete works, he became conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Fl ...
.
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
Iris ter Schiphorst (born 22 May 1956) is a German composer and musician.
Early life
Iris ter Schiphorst was born in Hamburg into a middle-class family, her father a Dutch technician and her mother a German pianist. She describes music as her "s ...
.
In 2008
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading f ...
's ''A House Full of Music'' was staged,
accompanied by detailed background information and material for teachers.
Walther Soyka
Walther is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a German form of Walter, which is derived from the Old High German ''Walthari'', containing the elements ''wald'' -"power", "brightness" or "forest" and ''hari'' -"warrior".
The name was fi ...
's ''Das kleine Gespenst'' after
Otfried Preußler
Otfried Preußler (sometimes spelled as Otfried Preussler; both ; born Otfried Syrowatka; 20 October 1923 – 18 February 2013) was a German children's books author. More than 50 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and they have be ...
's book was performed in 2010 in collaboration with the
Graz Opera.
References
External links
Official siteWiener Taschenoperm-q.at
Wiener Taschenopertheaterspielplan.at
ryba.co.at
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Austrian opera companies
Contemporary classical music ensembles
Musical groups from Vienna
Organisations based in Vienna