MonteverdISH
A hiphop breakdance opera
ISH
Yo! Opera opening performance
Wednesday 23th of November, 8 pm, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
This ultimate crossover merges breakdance, hiphop, beatbox and dubstep with opera. Ish transforms l’Incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi into an authentic and unique performance on power and love. Breakdancers, a beatboxer, singers, musicians and a dj show what the aim for power and money can do with people's character. This piece is highly actual and concerns everyone living in our world as it is about greed and tyranny. The current economic crisis refers directly to these human weaknesses. The ultimate question adressed in this performance: can we replace the greed for money and power into greed for love?
Language: Dutch
Lenght: 90 minutes
MonteverdISH is a co-production of ISH and VocaalLAB
Director: Marco Gerris & Arnout Lems
Composition: Claudio Monteverdi, Perquisite, DJ Irie
Musical director: Arnout Lems & Romain Bischoff
Choreographer: Marco Gerris & Breakdancers
Assistant-Director: Dunya Khayame
Singers: Nienke Otten, soprano; Laura Bohn, soprano; Harm Huson, countertenor; Marijn Zwitserlood, bariton; Christie Finn, soprano (understudy)
DJ: Irie Weergang Bove (DJ Irie)
Beatboxer, performer: Abdel Baaddi
Breakdancers: Shailesh Bahoran, Robert Thomas Villedieu, Jeantry Duivestein, Carl Refos, Thomas Krikken (understudy)
Musicians: Jörg Brinkmann, cello; Annie Tangberg, cello (replacement); Marcel Andriessen, percussion; | Ben Mathot, viool; Israel Golani, theorbe.
Set design and costumes: René van der Leest
Lighting design: Mike den Ottelander
Stagemanager: Arvid Silos
Light: Marcel Broeders
Sound: Jan Willem Crul
Technical assistant: Barry van der Haas
Photography: Ben van Duin
For the French translation click here
ISH
Yo! Opera opening performance
Wednesday 23th of November, 8 pm, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
This ultimate crossover merges breakdance, hiphop, beatbox and dubstep with opera. Ish transforms l’Incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi into an authentic and unique performance on power and love. Breakdancers, a beatboxer, singers, musicians and a dj show what the aim for power and money can do with people's character. This piece is highly actual and concerns everyone living in our world as it is about greed and tyranny. The current economic crisis refers directly to these human weaknesses. The ultimate question adressed in this performance: can we replace the greed for money and power into greed for love?
Language: Dutch
Lenght: 90 minutes
MonteverdISH is a co-production of ISH and VocaalLAB
Director: Marco Gerris & Arnout Lems
Composition: Claudio Monteverdi, Perquisite, DJ Irie
Musical director: Arnout Lems & Romain Bischoff
Choreographer: Marco Gerris & Breakdancers
Assistant-Director: Dunya Khayame
Singers: Nienke Otten, soprano; Laura Bohn, soprano; Harm Huson, countertenor; Marijn Zwitserlood, bariton; Christie Finn, soprano (understudy)
DJ: Irie Weergang Bove (DJ Irie)
Beatboxer, performer: Abdel Baaddi
Breakdancers: Shailesh Bahoran, Robert Thomas Villedieu, Jeantry Duivestein, Carl Refos, Thomas Krikken (understudy)
Musicians: Jörg Brinkmann, cello; Annie Tangberg, cello (replacement); Marcel Andriessen, percussion; | Ben Mathot, viool; Israel Golani, theorbe.
Set design and costumes: René van der Leest
Lighting design: Mike den Ottelander
Stagemanager: Arvid Silos
Light: Marcel Broeders
Sound: Jan Willem Crul
Technical assistant: Barry van der Haas
Photography: Ben van Duin
For the French translation click here