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 in A Puppet Opera is an interactive play between audience and orchestra. Musicians and performers in the audience are instructed to whisper, drink water and take pictures, fostering a sense of camaraderie and collaboration between audience and orchestra, becoming equal participants in the unfolding of the opera.

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