A Puppet Opera

for ensemble

Duration: 14 minutes

Instrumentation:
Flute and Bass Flute
Oboe
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Mandolin
Guitar
Harp
Piano
Electronics
Violin
Viola
Cello
Contrabass
Percussion: Bass Drum, Tam-tam, Agogo Bells, 2 Brake Drums, 3 Cowbells, 5 Woodblocks, 5 Temple Blocks, 14 Tuned Gongs (low E and C4–C5)

The performance becomes an interaction between audience and orchestra, as musicians and some audience members whisper, drink water, and take pictures. The usual separation between the two dissolves, making everybody collaborative participants.

Co-direction:
Boyan Montero
Karin Iturralde Nurnberg

Presented at:
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
Korzo, The Hague

Nieuw Ensemble:
Marieke Franssen – Flute and Bass Flute
Ernest Rombout – Oboe
Anna voor de Wind – Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Martine Sikkenk – Mandolin
Helenus de Rijke – Guitar
Ernestine Stoop – Harp
Paolo Gorini – Piano
David Ko – Electronics
Cordelia Paw – Violin
Frank Brakkee – Viola
Kalle de Bie – Cello
Dario Calderone – Contrabass
Herman Halewijn – Percussion

Conductor:
Ryan Bancroft

Performers:
Josefina Anjou
Emma Nantermoz-Benoit
Nicholas Hallman
Sara Milio
Boyan Montero
Karin Iturralde Nurnberg

Stills from video by Simon Knighton