Caf\u00e9 Europa is based on the play \u00abEurope \u2014 between memories\u00bb by Alexandre Honrado which has been rearranged for chamber opera by Christoph Renhart with the inclusion of texts by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (\u00abManifesto of Futurism\u00bb) and Theodor Fontane (\u00abDie Br\u00fccke am Tay\u00bb).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARACTERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Europa (mezzo soprano) \u2014 keeper of the Caf\u00e9 Europa
Pessoa, Kierkegaard, Steiner, Orpheus (baritone) \u2014 guests at the caf\u00e9
Zeus (bass) \u2014 god of the gods
Ghost I (tenor) \u2014 spirit of the brutal rule
Ghost II (soprano) \u2014 spirit of the evil thoughts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SYNOPSIS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Europa is the keeper of a small caf\u00e9 that is visited by famous and infamous guests respectively. Whereas the good and illustrous characters are all identified by their names as Fernando Pessoa, S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard and George Steiner, the malicious two ghosts remain anonymous. Moreover two superlunary figures from the ancient Europe appear: Orpheus, who is already tired of always having to perform in another new opera and Zeus, \u201egod of the gods\u201c, whose agenda remains unclear and who only seems to enjoy to have the power to create or to destroy \u201ehis\u201c continent. He is proud of \u201ehis\u201c work and sees Europa\/Europe as his own property. At the same time he joins the two evil ghosts in their intermezzo with Fontane\u2019s famous poem: \u201eWann treffen wir drei wieder zusamm\u2019?\u201c ready to conspire with them to create a new wreck. Europa struggles to act as the good fairy. While the evil ghosts succeed in having the good figures passed away, she fails to poison one of them. She confronts Zeus (\u201eYou never told your story well.\u201c). Finally, she tries to get rid of the villains by the means of music \u2014 summoning Orpheus and urging him to play on his lyra in order to settle everything for the good \u2014 she only partially succeeds: Orpheus takes up the curst march music to Marinetti\u2019s Futurist words (\u201eWe want to sing the love of danger\u201c) and turns it into something rather Arcadian. However he cannot water down the meanings of the texts on which his music is based on and thus only one of the evil ghosts perishes while the other one starts to silently, yet joyously sing along his music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SINGERS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Europa (mezzo soprano) \u2014 keeper of the Caf\u00e9 Europa
Pessoa, Kierkegaard, Steiner, Orpheus (baritone) \u2014 guests at the caf\u00e9
Zeus (bass) \u2014 god of the gods
Ghost I (tenor) \u2014 spirit of the brutal rule
Ghost II (soprano) \u2014 spirit of the evil thoughts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INSTRUMENTATION:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fl\u00f6te \/ flute
Oboe \/ oboe
Klarinette in B \/ 1\u02e2\u1d57 clarinet in Bb
Bassklarinette in B \/ bass clarinet in Bb
Fagott \/ bassoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Horn in F \/ horn in f
Trompete in B \/ trumpet in Bb
Posaune \/ trombone<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schlagwerk (vier Spieler) \/ percussion (four players)
Crotales \/ crotales
2 Gongs (Gis und A) \/ 2 gongs (G#2 and A2)
H\u00e4ngebecken \/ suspended cymbal
Tam-Tam \/ tam tam
Gro\u00dfe Trommel \/ bass drum
Kleine Trommel \/ snare drum
Maracas \/ maracas
Kastagnetten \/ castanets
Holzbl\u00f6cke \/ wood blocks
Xylofon \/ xylophone
Glockenspiel \/ glockenspiel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vibrafon \/ vibraphone
Harfe \/ harp
Streicher \/ strings
Die Partitur ist in C notiert. \/ The score is written in C
Dauer: ca. 65 Minuten \/ Duration: approx. 65 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DURATION:\u00a065 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PERFORMANCE MATERIAL:
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PERFORMANCES: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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