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Bosch Beach Vasco Mendonça, Kris Verdonck, Dimitri Verhulst, Lod Muziektheater and Orquestra Gulbenkian Info about the Event
20 → 21 Oct 2016
Dates & Schedules
Thursday and Friday → 9.30pm
Price
7,5€ to 15€
Length
80 min
Age Rating
M/16
Location
Main Auditorium
Additional Info

in collaboration with Gulbenkian Música

Music

Bosch Beach
Vasco Mendonça, Kris Verdonck, Dimitri Verhulst, Lod Muziektheater and Orquestra Gulbenkian

Utopias
20 → 21 Oct 2016
Dates & Schedules
Thursday and Friday → 9.30pm
Price
7,5€ to 15€
Length
80 min
Age Rating
M/16
Location
Main Auditorium
Additional Info

in collaboration with Gulbenkian Música

Sinopsis

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch’s death, composer Vasco Mendonça, writer Dimitri Verhulst and director Kris Verdonck create a music‐theatre production based on his work. In Bosch Beach, the various dystopias depicted by Bosch are taken as the starting point for a look at today’s world. What would hell look like today?

Creative Credits

music
Vasco Mendonça

libretto
Dimitri Verhulst

director
Kris Verdonck

dramaturgy
Kristof Van Baarle

singers
Rodrigo Ferreira (contratenor), Damien Pass (baritono), Marion Tassou (soprano)

maestro
Etienne Siebens

orchestra
Orquestra Gulbenkian; Elena Ryabova 1º solista (Violino 1), Jordi Rodriguez 1º solista (Violino 2); Lu Zheng 1º solista / Leonor Braga Santos 2º solista (Violas); Martin Henneken 1º solista / Raquel Reis 2º solista (Violoncelos); Manuel Rêgo  1º solista (Contrabaixo); Cristina Ánchel  1º solista (Flauta); Iva Barbosa 1º solista / Ricardo Alves  2º solista (Clarinetes); Stephen Mason 1º solista / David Burt 2º  solista (Trompetes); Rui Fernandes  1º solista (Trombone); Abel Cardoso  1º solista (Percussão)

orchestra creation
ASKO Schönberg; Mirjam Teepe (flauta, flautím, flauta alto, flauta de êmbolo), David Kweksilber (clarinete baixo), Erik van Deuren (clarinete baixo, clarinete contrabaixo), Eline Beumer (trompete, trompete piccolo, cornetim), Frank Braafhart (trompete, trompete piccolo, cornetim, didgeridoo), Arthur Kerklaan (trompete, trompete piccolo, cornetim, didgeridoo), Koen Kaptijn (trombone), Joey Marijs (percussão), Jeroen Geevers (percurssão), Joseph Puglia (violino), Jan Erik van Regteren Altena (violino), Bernadette Verhagen (violino), Asdis Valdimarsdóttir (viola), Rares Mihailescu (violoncelo), Marcus van den Munckhof (violoncelo), James Oesi (contrabaixo)

extras
Robbe Peeters, Simon Van Schuylenbergh, Astrid De Haes, Freek De Cracker

secretary
Wim Hoogewerf

choreography
Marc Iglesias

piano teacher
Lies Colman

translator dutch-Portuguese
Arie Pos

props
Eefje Wijnings, Andrea Kränzlin

set
Kris Verdonck, Eefje Wijnings

set construction
A Two Dogs Company

light
Jan Van Gijsel

technical coordination
Jan Van Gijsel, Nic Roseeuw

technicians
Bram De Cock, Diderik Suykens, Jan Van Gijsel, Chris Vanneste

production direction
Isabel Vermeulen

production
LOD muziektheater

co-production
Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation, A Two Dogs Company, Kaaitheater, Maria Matos Teatro Municipal, House on Fire, ASKO Schönberg, Concertgebouw Brugge, Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Theater Mousonturm Frankfurt

in collaboration with
Flanders e o programa “Holanda Convidado de Honra” na Feira do Livro de Frankfurt 2016, Klarafestival Brussel

photography
Museo Nacional del Prado

A House on Fire coproduction with the support of the Culture Program of the European Union

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