11.11.2018, 19:00 - 21:00
ORF Tirol
Rennweg 14, 6020 Innsbruck
A new Opera for the commemorative year 2018 - World War 1 - Armistice Day - 11th November 1918.
Based on Wilfred Owen's war poem "Strange Meeting".
Libretto by Peter Wolf & Music by Norbert Zehm
Director: Alexander Medem
Orchestra: TENM (Tiroler Ensemble for New Music)
Conductor: Claudio Büchler
Actor/Speaker/Drill Sergeant/ Captain: Brett Fancy
Wilfred Owen/Sergeant/Benedikt: Martin Friedrich Lechleitner (Tenor)
Captain/Drill Sergeant: Martin Achrainer (Bass Baritone)
Scarecrow/Angel/Spirit of Owen: Arno Argos Raunig (Counter Tenor)
Ruth: Ute Ziemer (Soprano)
Mother/Fiancee: Kathrin Walder (Mezzo Soprano)
Video: Roland Schrettl