MEDIATHEK

chamber opera by Kenneth Winkler

The musical concept combines live chamber orchestra music with preproduced electronic elements. Such as lead and pad synthesizers as well as basslines and drum programmings. To make the orchestra follow the playbacks, the conductor is equipped with an „in-ear system“ that allows him to listen to the click track, which he is passing on to the orchestra and singers. In this way the important aspect of todays steady beat timing in pop music is maintained throughout the whole play. Combining this aspect with a quite unconventional chamber orchestra and classic singers is what defines this piece.
 
The Cast
she-gravedigger - Susanna von der Burg (Sopran)
he-gravedigger - Dale Albright (Tenor)
she-death - Susanne Langbein (Sopran)
he-death - Florian Stern (Tenor)
voices - Camilla Lehmeier (Mezzosopran), Joshua Lindsay (Tenor)

Orchestra
cello - Sunhild Anker
viola - Ernst Theuerkauf
trumpet - Martin Flörl
trombone - Robert Jöchl
piano - Fausto Quintabà
synthesizer & drum programming (playback) - Kenneth Winkler