The Grand Coalition
2016
An extra-parliamentary opera by NOVOFLOT
For vocal ensemble, baroque quartet and the band that no-one knows.
With compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
While parliaments of the First World stage themselves as communicators of capitalist interests in the Babylonian chaos of global profit maximization, the Berlin opera company NOVOFLOT dares to oppose in the spirit of music and enters a virtually baroque bond:
By sorting afresh Bach’s vocal works and associating the newly acquired perspectives with the latest findings of the study of everyday life as well as with the intuitive vote of the audience, NOVOFLOT’s extra-parliamentary opera takes shape. The undertaking is accompanied by an expert of the so-called “creative statistics management (CSM)”, who guarantees a maximum of impartial control.
The Grand Coalition
Premiere:
23 September 2016
in Gare du Nord / Basel, Switzerland
Berlin Premiere:
2 December 2016
in Radialsystem V Berlin
In coproduction with Klang Basel Festival, Gare du Nord and RADIALSYSTEM V.
Funded by
Culture Administration of the State of Berlin and Fonds Darstellende Künste.
Yuka Yanagihara Soprano
Robert Koller Bass
Varia Linnéa Sjöström & Henriette Bothe Actors
Sylvana Seddig Dance
Lamento Project:
Claudio Puntin Clarinet
Christian Gerber Bandoneon
Catherine Aglibut Baroque violin
Ulrike Becker Violone
Alex Huber Percussion
John Schröder Piano / E-Guitar / Drums
Special guests:
Hendrik Sodenkamp, Anselm Lenz (Haus Bartleby)
Team:
Sven Holm Direction
Vicente Larrañaga Musical direction
Elisa Limberg Stage design
Sara Kittelmann Costume design
Krischa Hasselbach & Malte Ubenauf Dramaturgy
Lisa Böffgen & Karolina Serafin Video
Jörg Bittner Light design
Dörte Wolter Produktionsleitung
Achim Klapp Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Laura Jiménez González Assistant to the director and stage management Taepyeong Kwak & Saori Tomidokoro Accompanist Nicolas Jannis Becker Trainee to the director Basel Klara Kroymann Trainee to the director Berlin Anne Storandt Assistant to the stage designer Pilar Castro Assistant to the costume designer Emilia Oebel Assistant to the production manager Emanuel Tschumi Graphic design Elisa Limberg & Karolina Serafin & Falko Siewert Photography Philip Kießling & Hans Schauerte Documentation
