Name: Věc Makropulos
Start: 2022-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theaterfabrik Blaue Halle

Organization

Lighting designer

Mariella von Vequel Westernach

Dramaturge

Berthold Warnecke

Singer

Soprano

Ilia Papandreou

Emilia Marty

Tenor

James Kee

Albert Gregor

Bass-baritone

Michael Tews

Dr Kolenaty

Akiho Tsujii

Kristina

Mathew Habib

Vitek

Baritone

Kosma Ranuer Kroon

Jaroslav Prus

Joshua Whitener

Janek

Yong Bae Shin

Count Hauk-Sendorf

Contralto

Barbara Schöller

Cleaner

Stage director

Nina Russi

Conductor

Enrico Calesso

Costume designer

Julia Katharina Berndt

Set designer

Taiyu Uchiyama

Stage technician

Pianist

David Todd

Mainfranken Theater Würzburg

Orchestra

Philharmonisches Orchester Würzburg

German

Věc Makropulos -  (The Makropulos Affair)

Würzburg

Germany

Theaterfabrik Blaue Halle

Věc Makropulos Janáček

Public

The Makropulos Affair

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

"The Makropulos Affair", premiered in 1926, is one of Leoš Janáček's mature works and is based on the comedy of the same name by Karel Čapek, which the composer met in December 1922. The year before, Čapek had already sketched a fascinating vision of the future with the drama "RUR" (Rossum's Universal Robots) about the production of artificial humans. His "Makropulos Affair" also turned to an old dream of mankind: the prolongation of earthly life. Janáček was fascinated by the story: "A 337-year-old woman who is still young and beautiful at the same time. Would you like to be that too?” he asked his lover Kamila Stösslová, who was almost 40 years his junior. "We are happy because we know that our life does not last long. Therefore, it is necessary to seize every moment, and to seize it properly..."

For the first time since the 1990/91 season, an opera by Leoš Janáček is on the program of the Mainfranken Theater with the Makropulos Affair.

English

„Die Sache Makropulos“, uraufgeführt 1926, zählt zu den Reifewerken Leoš Janáčeks und basiert auf der gleichnamigen Komödie Karel Čapeks, die der Komponist im Dezember 1922 kennenlernte. Bereits im Jahr zuvor hatte Čapek mit dem Drama „R.U.R.“ (Rossum’s Universal Robots) über die Herstellung künstlicher Menschen eine faszinierende Zukunftsvision entworfen. Seine „Sache Makropulos“ wandte sich ebenfalls einem alten Menschheitstraum zu: der Verlängerung des irdischen Lebens. Janáček war von der Geschichte fasziniert: „Eine 337-jährige Frau, die aber gleichzeitig noch jung und schön ist. Möchten Sie das auch sein?“, fragte er seine um fast 40 Jahre jüngere Geliebte Kamila Stösslová. „Wir sind glücklich, weil wir wissen, dass unser Leben nicht lange währt. Deshalb ist es notwendig, jeden Augenblick zu nutzen, und richtig zu nutzen …“

Mit der „Sache Makropulos“ steht erstmals seit der Saison 1990/91 wieder eine Oper Leoš Janáčeks auf dem Spielplan des Mainfranken Theaters.

Deutsch

The Makropulos Affair by Janáček, From (2022/2022), Directed by Nina Russi,, Conductor Enrico Calesso, Theaterfabrik Blaue Halle, Würzburg, Germany

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