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Voice Killer
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Voice Killer by Miroslav Srnka
Opera based on a true story
Libretto by Tom Holloway
Work commissioned by the MusikTheater an der Wien
How close does a person’s voice bring us to them? A real-life criminal case involving a soldier at a US army base in Australia during World War II is the starting point of the opera Voice Killer that the Czech composer Miroslaw Srnka is writing for the MusikTheater an der Wien. Obsessed by the voice of his mother who used to sing him nursery rhymes, the soldier vainly searched for it among women who happened to cross his path. Three Australian women fell victim to the mentally ill serial killer before he was caught. Srnka and his librettist Tom Holloway, whose operas South Pole, Singularity and Make No Noise received their premieres at the Bayerische Staatsoper, are primarily interested in the women who attracted the murderer’s attention solely on account of their voices. They follow the main character’s schizophrenic stream of consciousness, turning the criminal case into a flow of events in which time periods and locations constantly shift. Each murder triggers a new level of escalation until events start to come thick and fast: arrest, trial and execution all become one and the murderer’s victims become his defence counsels.
In English with German and English surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up
world premiere
Program and cast
Conductor: Finnegan Downie Dear
Director: Cordula Däuper
Stage: Friedrich Eggert
Costume: Sophie du Vinage
Light: Franz Tscheck
Dramaturgy: Kai Weßler
Dramaturgy: Mark Schachtsiek
Private: Seth Carico
Gallo: Julian Hubbard
Ivy / McGuffie: Caroline Wettergreen
Pauline / Military Cop: Holly Flack
Gladys / Eddie's Lawyer: Nadja Stefanoff
Klangforum Wien
Theater an der Wien
About the Theater an der Wien
The New Opera House is not just any theatre, but the one that Emanuel Schikaneder, the all-round genius, actor, impresario with a flair for organization but above all librettist of The Magic Flute, had built in 1801 in Vienna in keeping with the spirit of Mozart.
To coincide with the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth the Theater an der Wien presents itself as a new opera house from January 2006. As a “season” opera house with productions all the year round the Theater an der Wien carves a new and independent niche in the realm of high-quality culture in Vienna. For twelve months of the year, with one premiere every month, opera will be performed under the “stagione”, or season, system: that means the cast remains unchanged from the first performance to the last one, which guarantees that the very highest international standards are maintained.
The theatre’s modern, accessible approach to music theatre as demonstrated by the works performed, the overall artistic concept Bespielung and the artistes is further underlined by the building itself, its architecture and the vibrancy of its location. The surroundings and materials, the intimate atmosphere and perfect acoustics in the historical theatre prepare the senses to experience beauty. The Theater an der Wien deliberately enters into a symbiotic relationship with its lively surroundings on the Naschmarkt street market and the young cultural scene centred in the Schleifmühl quarter.
How to get there
With public transport:
We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U2 und U4 Station Karlsplatz, Exit Secession
Bus 59A Station Bärenmühldurchgang
Bus 57A Station Laimgrubengasse, pedestrians via Laimgrubengasse to Linke Wienzeile
KAMMEROPER:
Fleischmarkt 24, 1010 Wien
We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U4: Station Schwedenplatz
Tram Linie D (bei Ablenukung über Kai), 1, 2: Station Schwedenplatz
Bus 3A (on workdays)
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