composer | director
SKY—tryout
studio test for music theatre work
for soprano, baritone, sheng, percussion, sound tracks and video
He Yi (China), soprano
Jussi Lehtipuu (Finland), baritone
Naomi Sato, sheng; Frank Wienk, percussion
libretto: Adrian Hornsby
set design: Bart Visser
commissioned by Kameroperahuis, Zwolle.
sneak-peak-pilot try-out: 3/4 march 2011, Odeon theatre Zwolle
try out performance of one aria at the Odeon theatre in Zwolle
The "Farewell aria" is the scene in which Western architect Sem meets the Chinese opera star Qin Mulan for the first time and they fall in love. It is misleadingly called "farewell" aria because Mulan is singing a seemingly traditional Chinese opera scene about a concubine saying farewell to her beloved war lord.
He Yi, soprano
Jussi Lehtipuu, baritone
Naomi Sato, sheng
Frank Wienk, percussion and samples