1st Festival 1991
Main programme
Sonntag 17. Nov. // 17.00 Uhr und 22.00 Uhr
Kellertheater
Annette Jahns, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
»Seltsame Kinder«
Soloabend nach Motiven aus Erzählungen von Ana Maria Matute
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Idee, Inszenierung und Ausstattung: |
Annette Jahns |
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Choreografische Mitarbeit: |
Detlef Müller |
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Musik: |
Karsten Gundermann, Georg Friedrich Händel, Fryderyk Chopin; Gerhard Winkler, Improvisationen |
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Filme: |
Annette Jahns, Idee Thomas Claus, Kamera |
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Gesang und Darstellung: |
Annette Jahns |
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Musiker: |
Karl Jungnickel (Schlagwerk), Jobst Schneiderat (Tasteninstrumente), |
Two years after her first solo performance »Spiegelungen« (»RefIections«), Annette Jahns launched her second production »Seltsame Kinder« (»Strange children«), based on stories by the Spanish writer Ana Maria Matute. The question, how do adults treat children, is answered bleakly in this piece with indifference, oppression, rejection and cruelty.
»The adult world and the world of children confront each other in these dramatic and musical improvisations, arias, segments of film and quotations ... The emphasis is on the musical side ... Performances like this are rare in the five new German states« (Frankfurter Rundschau, 10.07.1991).
Annette Jahns was born in Dresden in 1958; since 1986 she has sung alto in the Semperoper in her home town. Apart from her classical repertoire she has a particular liking for contemporary vocal music.