De Tweede Mijl
Anthony Dunstan & Abel Nienhuis
Against the background of the public space of Amsterdam this opera describes the journey of the young artist Martin looking for inspiration and meaning. He works as a volunteer in a homeless shelter where he hopes to find stories and characters for the opera he is conceiving. But he fails in finding these: there are no characters nor stories that he can trust. He encounters ethical and artistic dilemmas he never expected to come across. Through these meetings the audience gets a multifaceted image of how Martin is caught by all people crossing his path. De Tweede Mijl takes you through the caleidoscope of characters surrounding a young artist and how they contribute to the formation of his artistry.
Language: English
Length: 15 minutes
Libretist, Composer: Anthony Dunstan
Director: Abel Nienhuis
Martin, a young composer: Kasper Jonathan Tarenskeen
Rosie, a succesful soprano and Martin's girlfriend: Nora Fischer
Richard, composition lecturer and Martin's mentor - Coert van den Berg
Guitar: Gabor Csongrádi
Violin: Paul Medeiros
Saxophone, clarinet: Daniel Mester
Bass: Beno Kiss
Drums: Andris Buikis
Repetitor/accordeon: Eva Maria Mitter
For the French translation click here
Against the background of the public space of Amsterdam this opera describes the journey of the young artist Martin looking for inspiration and meaning. He works as a volunteer in a homeless shelter where he hopes to find stories and characters for the opera he is conceiving. But he fails in finding these: there are no characters nor stories that he can trust. He encounters ethical and artistic dilemmas he never expected to come across. Through these meetings the audience gets a multifaceted image of how Martin is caught by all people crossing his path. De Tweede Mijl takes you through the caleidoscope of characters surrounding a young artist and how they contribute to the formation of his artistry.
Language: English
Length: 15 minutes
Libretist, Composer: Anthony Dunstan
Director: Abel Nienhuis
Martin, a young composer: Kasper Jonathan Tarenskeen
Rosie, a succesful soprano and Martin's girlfriend: Nora Fischer
Richard, composition lecturer and Martin's mentor - Coert van den Berg
Guitar: Gabor Csongrádi
Violin: Paul Medeiros
Saxophone, clarinet: Daniel Mester
Bass: Beno Kiss
Drums: Andris Buikis
Repetitor/accordeon: Eva Maria Mitter
For the French translation click here