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That is the essential question in Michel van der Aa’s opera After Life. Based on the film of the same name by Hirokazu Kore-Eda, the opera introduces us to characters that are about to trade their earthly existence for perpetuity in heaven. They are allowed to relive a key moment in their life one last time in the form of a film, and ...
Apr 29, 2010 · M ichel van der Aa might call them operas, but none of his music-theatre pieces conforms to conventional notions of what opera has been for the last 400 years. Video images and real-time ...
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The chamber opera One represents a new kind of music multimedia drama. Michel van der Aa’s poetic production of technological virtuosity fuses libretto, video, live music and soundtrack with the soprano voice and stage presence of Barbara Hannigan into ‘One’. Projected images and electronic sounds add emphasis to the onstage performance ...
Michel van der Aa's music theatre works, including the chamber opera One (2002), the opera After Life (2006, Amsterdam) and the music theatre work The Book of Disquiet, have received international critical praise. The innovative aspect of these operas is their use of film images and sampled soundtracks as an essential element of the score.
Jun 8, 2006 · M ichel van der Aa is the hottest property in Dutch music at the moment. The premiere of the 36-year-old composer's first full-length stage work, After Life, opens this year's Holland festival ...
Mar 23, 2022 · Michel van der Aa’s work, a seamless interweaving of opera, film and motion-capture performance, arrives at the Park Avenue Armory.
Upload is an opera in nine scenes with music and text by Michel van der Aa.The 2021 productions were conducted by Otto Tausk and directed by Michel van der Aa. The opera was commissioned by Dutch National Opera, Cologne Opera, Bregenzer Festspiele, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Park Avenue Armory, and DoubleA Foundation.
