theatercombinat | 13th september 2018 – opera/ performance/ spatial choreography. in the framework of favoriten festival. maschinenhalle friedlicher nachbar, bochum (d) | 16th/20th – 22nd/24th/25th/27th/28th october 2017 – world premiere. an experimental musical arrangement, vienna (a) POEMS of the DAILY MADNESS by claudia bosse and günther auer / theatercombinat. sprache/language: deutsch/english |
dossier press reviews (de): interview with claudia bosse & günther auer, radio ORANGE 94.0 |
POEMS of the DAILY MADNESS is a singspiel* by günther auer (composition) and claudia bosse (text/ scenery/ artistic direction). this musical performance examines the impact of our political present on the rituals of our everyday lives, on our thoughts and our actions within an ever polarizing public. inspired by everyday life, media coverage, true crime cases and terror attacks, claudia bosse has created a montage of fragmentary texts as a libretto. based on this linguistic material, günther auer developed compositions and scores that borrow and change styles of the 20th century between working-class songs and electrically generated orchestral sounds. MADNESS, POEMS, HATE CRIME and TERROR are allegories for manifestations of our present. the 4 singing actors use textile objects to continuously change the space that unfolds in POEMS of the DAILY MADNESS as a space choreography between the audience. opera as an accessible installation, as a shared space of different attitudes, manifestations and opposing facts. different levels of alienation meet with pleasure. how can the real become poetic in order to be thought? the premiere was on october 16th, 2017 at 8pm at nordbahn-halle in vienna, further performances on 20th - 22nd/24th/25th/27th/28th october 2017. for the favoriten festival 2018, claudia bosse is implanting the current production of theatercombinat into the colliery friedlicher nachbar in bochum. with a choir from the ruhr region, the CHOIR OF THE DAMNED gets a voice and expands the ensemble.
*a singspiel, literally „sing-play“, is a form of german-language music drama/opera, characterized by spoken dialogue, alternated with ensembles, songs, ballads and often strophic, folk-like arias. |
"in claudia bosses "POEMS of the DAILY MADNESS", compiled slogans become subversive music theatre, an opera installation in which the audience moves freely between the performers, who are usually in the highest state of excitement. in the language of the internet age, everything becomes a cry, love as well as hate, rebellion as well as affirmation. bosse poeticizes the populist and creates new scopes for political action, so that "poems of the daily madness" is entirely in line with the festival leaders {of favoriten festival}, who want to negotiate the political above all through form." (theater der zeit 11/2018) "a striking work by a strong artistic personality. (...) what is otherwise spoken comes across as wild, angular, dense and artificial, as a poem performed in german and english with an intellectual impetus. claudia bosse is a bulky formulator, who counteracts the sweetness of the usual lettuce with a light and yet tough gesture (...)" (der standard, 21/10/2017) |
POEMS of the DAILY MADNESS
world premiere residency at workspacebrussels |
video of the shows in vienna, 2017.
video of the extended version with a choir, favoriten festival 2018. |
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