FULL STYX (Chiel Meijering) Utrecht 2017 Holland Opera

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: STYX   
• Composer: Meijering Chiel   
• Libretto: Imme Dros    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Fort Rijnauwen, Utrecht, The Netherlands  
• Recorded: 2017
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Wiebe Pier Cnossen, Leonie van Veen, Martijn Cornet, Leonie van Rheden, Jean Leon Klostermann
• Conductor: Jussi Jatinen, Bas Viegers, Dick Verhoef  
• Orchestra: Orkest de Volharding  
• Choreographer: Cathelijne Dieske  
• Stage Director: Joke Hoolboom  
• Stage Designer: Douwe Hibma  
• Costume Designer: Esmee Thomassen  
• Lighting Designer: Maarten Warmerdam, Theun Mosk  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Holland Opera  
• Date Published: 2017  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Holland Opera presents STYX in collaboration with jongNBE and DOX at the breathtaking Fort Rijnauwen. On the banks of the Styx, Charon awaits the dead. He finds his task dull, deadly dull. After all, the dead don’t liven things up. Until Antigone appears, the feisty and buried-alive daughter of Oedipus. An encounter between two extremes within a musically whimsical setting.

  Besides being a political drama, STYX is above all a family drama. We see recognizable similarities and contrasts between blood relatives. However, this pitch-black story does not lack humor. Composer Chiel Meijering has applied a rich palette of musical colors, paying attention to the drama but also to wacky musical moments for the 13-piece wind ensemble.

  And with that, Charon, who has an infectious sense of humor despite his peculiar profession, plays an important role: as a ferryman, he takes the deceased across the River Styx if they give him an obol. No obol? Then he is always up for a good story.

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