Complainte en trois actes
Libretto by Jean Cocteau
in French
1st performance in Austria
Opera in One Act
Libretto by Michael Dyne
in English
Next Performances:
May 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31
June 2, 4, 7, 9, 11
at: 19.30 Uhr
TicketsConductor: Daniel Hoyem-Cavazza
Director: Giorgio Madia
Set & Costume design: Cordelia Matthes
Beau-Père: Mentu Nubia
Femme: Diana Higbee
L’Ami: Andreas Jankowitsch
Le matelot: Pablo Cameselle
Yvonne: Diana Higbee
Charles: Andreas Jankowitsch
The Innkeeper: Mentu Nubia
Venus: Nazanin Ezazi
The Peddler: Pablo Cameselle
Chamber Orchestra of Wiener Kammeroper
In Paris of the 1920’s it was the talk of town. Today it has fallen into oblivion – the opera by French composer Darius Milhaud (1892–1974) and the American George Antheil (1900–1959). By incorporating popular music, daily sound effects and jazz elements they were able to contribute decisive impulses to the theatre of their time.
While the short opera “Le pauvre matelot” aims at the most extreme concentration of sound means and at reduction of the material, the bizarre one act titled “Venus in Africa” seeks to deploy traditions of musical theatre in an audacious and creative way.