Opera, PLUS
Ritter Eisenfraß
Children’s opera by Wiebke Hetmanek and Johann Casimir Eule
Tuesday, 23/05/2023
11.15 AM - 12.25 PM
Performance
Schulvorstellung
Kammerspiele
Music by Jacques Offenbach
Adapted for chamber ensemble by Samuel Bächli
Age recommendation: 5-10 years
Why is it, again, that the two knights, Munchiron and Dealdeath, are at daggers drawn? They’re not even sure themselves now, but they keep skirmishing all the same – on principle. Spurred on by Karl the knave’s brand-new gruesome gore gadget and by the music of Jacques Offenbach.
This opera for children transports audiences to the age of chivalry, yet the theme it addresses is a timeless one. If Munchiron’s nephew Jacques and Dealdeath’s daughter Dubdouce had not fallen in love and teamed up with the castle ghost to keep the two knights from each other’s throat, they would doubtless be duelling to this day. But just because it’s an old tradition doesn’t mean it’s right.
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Team
Musical Director
Directed by
Bühne, Kostüme
Dramaturgie
Licht
Dates and cast
Cast on 23/05/2023
Tagesaktuelle Dirigat
Ritter Eisenfraß
Jacques, sein Neffe
Karl, sein Knappe
Ritter Schlagetot
Schwertleite, seine Tochter
Orchester
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Press reviews
Nürnberger Nachrichten/Nürnberger Zeitung
„Die (Darsteller*innen) werden stimmgewaltig und wahrhaft ritterlich von Seokjun Kim (Eisenfraß) und Mats Roolvink (Schlagetot) dargestellt – wie auch die anderen im Ensemble vielversprechende Mitglieder des internationalen Opernstudios am Staatstheater Nürnberg. Zum Niederknien schön schwelgt der ukrainische Tenor Mykhailo Kushlyk als Jacques in seinem Minnegesang. (...) Besonderen Spaß machen die spritzigen Ensemblenummern in der wie im Flug vergehenden Produktion. Offenbach hätte seine Freude gehabt.“
Stephan Schwarz-Peters, Nürnberger Nachrichten/Nürnberger Zeitung
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