Thursday, April 12, 2012

13th Munich Biennale - International Festival of New Music Theatre

13th Munich BiennaleVom 03 up to 19.5.2012 is spread over several venues, the 13th Munich Biennale. This international festival of new music theater first took place in 1988 and offers "a place to put interested in theater composers of the younger generation, their ideas into reality" can, so composer Hans Werner Henze, who co-founded this project and in 1996 the artistic director Peter Ruzicka handed.

Ruzicka on the concept of the Biennale: "With the Munich Biennale succeeded Hans Werner Henze two decades ago in cooperation with the Bavarian state capital, the establishment of a globally unique festivals, premieres of new operas, mostly the first works of young composers in this field are embedded in a connection with concerts, symposiums and composer talks. Presentation, discussion and reflection work together in this laboratory of a new musical theater. "

The exact game plan, please refer to the official website of the 13th Munich Biennale. Alternatively there is the game plan as a PDF file. There are a graphic overview of all you will find events, spread across locations like the Muffatwerk, the Munich Chamber of games, the theater i-camp/neues Munich or even the Prince Regent Theater.

The following three events, all of which take place in the Muffathalle, we want to highlight something more precise:
Nucleus:
Nucleus Muffathalle Munich 13 Munich Biennale


Eight composer / inside the highly complex question of the core of an opera, a contemporary musical theater piece, a single, individual composition. Or there is the question of the core of opera at all, from musical theater today: What is the medium of the answers are short, compact, provocative short - a matter of minutes, seconds?. Click here for our detailed Nucleus preliminary report.

DO, 03.05. - Nucleus 1
FR, 04.05. - Nucleus 2
SO, 06.05. - Nucleus 4
MI, 16.05. - Nucleus 8
Muffathalle Munich
Beginning of each clock 19:30
L'Absence:
L'Absence Muffathalle Munich 13 Munich Biennale


L'Absence is an opera in five acts to the 'Book of Questions "by Edmond Jabès. The music on this Nemtsovgeschrieben was born in 1980 from Sarah. The story of Sarah and Yukel are - or were they? - A pair. Sarah was like their parents were deported to an extermination camp. Her parents were murdered, she survived - albeit with a damaged soul.

DO, 03.05.
FR, 04.05. (Including audience discussion after the performance)
SO, 06.05.
Muffathalle Munich
Beginning of each clock 20:00
Water:
Water Muffathalle Munich 13 Munich Biennale


Water is an opera in 13 scenes, with music by Arnulf Herrmann. In the background of these scenes is the history of trauma. A man wakes up in a hotel room from a nightmare. The orientation to the helping the memory was lost to him. In the foyer of the house, he gets into an evening event. The people, he says, he must know, but his memory failed. Everything seems strange and crazy moves - even the music.

MI, 16.05.
FR, 18.05.
SA, 19.05.
Muffathalle Munich
Beginning of each clock 20:00

Come and visit the 13th Binnale Munich in the period from 03 to 19.05.2012. The team from Munich Blog wishes much fun.

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