NODO 2014 - Program
June 25, 2014
19:00 Jiří Myron Theatre
Bernhard Lang: RE:IGEN (2012) // Czech Premiere
Libretto: Michael Sturminger, based on "Reigen" by Arthur Schnitzler
Conductor: Rolf Gupta
Director and Stage Design: Georges Delnon
Costumes: Claudia Irro
Video: Yvonne Mohr
Lighting: Wolfgang Philipp
Prostitute: Almerija Delic, Mezzo-Soprano
Policeman: Cornel Frey, Tenor
Handmaid / Schoolgirl: Lydia Brotherton, Soprano
Young Man / Actress: Alin Deleanu, Countertenor
Young Women: Amélie Saadia, Mezzo-Soprano
Husband / Freeholder: Kai-Uwe Fahnert, Baritone
Writer: Lasse Penttinen, Tenor
Ostravská banda
in cooperation with Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele
Duration: 100 min
In German original with Czech subtitles
June 26, 2014
19:00 Antonín Dvořák Theatre
Martin Smolka: The List of Infinity (2013) // World Premiere / Festival commission
Hommage à Umberto Eco
Spoken Opera
Libretto: Jiří Adámek
Director: Jiří Adámek
Stage and Costume Designer: Ivana Kanhäuserová
Video: Kryštof Pešek, Ivana Kanhäuserová
Jan Mikušek, Countertenor
Vendula Holičková, Bára Mišíková, Pavol Smolarik, Daniel Šváb (members of Boca Loca Lab)
Canticum Ostrava, Jurij Galatenko, Choirmaster
Ostravská banda
Ondřej Vrabec, Conductor
Duration: 70 min
In Czech original
Performance on the 26th of June will be broadcasted live on Czech Radio – Vltava
June 27, 2014
19:00 Jiří Myron Theatre
Petr Kotík: MASTER-PIECES (2014) // World Premiere / Festival commission
Almost a Lecture, Chamber opera
Libretto adapted by Petr Kotík in collaboration with Michael Rau: the 1936 lectureWhat Are Master Pieces And Why Are There So Few of Them by Gertrude Stein
Stage Director: Michael Rau
Kamala Sankaram, Soprano
Marty Coyle, Tenor
Jeffrey Gavett, Baritone
Adrian Rosas, Bass
Pauline Kim Harris, Violin
Members of Ostravská banda
Duration: 60 min
In English original with Czech subtitles
21:00 Jiří Myron Theatre
Rudolf Komorous: NO NO MIYA (1988) // European Premiere
Libretto: Rudolf Komorous, after the Noh theatre by Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443)
Stage directors: Jiří Nekvasil, David Bazika
Choreography: Lucie Burešová
Lady Rokujo: Katalin Károlyi, Mezzo-soprano
Monk: Jeffrey Gavett, Baritone
Narrator: Josef Kaluža
Dancer: Po-Ju Lin
Ostravská banda
Canticum Ostrava, Jurij Galatenko, Choirmaster
Petr Kotík, Conductor
Duration: 75 min
In Czech-English version
June 28, 2014
19:00 Antonín Dvořák Theatre
Martin Smolka: THE LIST OF INFINITY (2013) // World Premiere / Festival commission
Hommage à Umberto Eco
Spoken Opera
Libretto: Jiří Adámek
Director: Jiří Adámek
Stage and Costume Designer: Ivana Kanhäuserová
Video: Kryštof Pešek, Ivana Kanhäuserová
Jan Mikušek, Countertenor
Vendula Holičková, Bára Mišíková, Pavol Smolarik, Daniel Šváb (members of Boca Loca Lab)
Canticum Ostrava, Jurij Galatenko, Choirmaster
Ostravská banda
Ondřej Vrabec, Conductor
Duration: 70 min
In Czech original
21:00 Cooltour
Mojiao Wang: Encounter (2014) // World Premiere / Festival commission
Libretto: Weizhong Wang
Stage Design: Františka Králíková
Director: Xinxin Tang
Music and Diction Coaching: Qin Ding
Jane: Hyun Yi Kim, Soprano
Mark: Marty Coyle, Baritone
Lobsang Dambar: Adrian Rosas, Bas
Drolma, Dawa, Lhamo: TBA
Canticum Ostrava, Jurij Galatenko, Choirmaster
Ostravská banda
Ondřej Vrabec, Conductor
Duration: 50 min
In Chinese original with Czech subtitles
In cooperation with Cooltour – multidisciplinary contemporary arts centre
