Tan Dun: Tea - A Mirror of Soul

19.12.2020
Opera production
Oper Tea: A Mirror of Soul | © Christian Schneider
On the journey ...

In his opera "TEA: A Mirror Of Soul", composer (and librettist) Tan Dun takes us on a journey to a fabulous China, to a fabulous Japan - but not in the comfortable paddy wagon of exoticism, as in "Turandot", "Madama Butterfly" or even "Land of Smiles"; much more, Tan Dun succeeds in merging idioms of the various musical and dramaturgical styles of Peking opera with colorful "Western" music to create his own authentic style. 
Musical direction
kai Röhrig Director
wolf Widder Set design
michael Hofer-Lenz Lighting design
stefan Bollinger Music
symphony Orchestra of the Mozarteum University

About production

Just as "Tao" - the all-pervading principle of Chinese philosophy - can be translated as "path," "journey," the protagonists are "on a journey" - quite literally, in search of a book and thus to themselves, to enlightenment, to being able to die.
Tan Dun masterfully maintains the balance between meditative introspection and the great, dramatic eruption; the result is an extremely exciting piece of musical theater.

Dates & Cast

19. December 2020, 16.00
21. December 2020, 19.00
22. December 2020, 19.00
6. January 2021, 19.00
max Schlereth Hall
 
LAN: Dares Hutawattana, Regina Koncz PUPPET MONK: Maria Agustina Calderon RITUALIST / LU: Cindy Seung Hyun Kim, Margarita Polonskaya, Lan Gan SHADOW: Tolga Siner PRINCE / PUPPET MONKEY KING: Dagur Thorgrimsson, Huang Shan SEIKYO: Mate Herczeg, Jakob Hoffmann EMPEROR: Di Guan, Qi Wang

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