Kalitzke - Die Besessenen | Neos Music NEOS11203

Kalitzke - Die Besessenen

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Label: Neos Music

Cat No: NEOS11203

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 15th October 2012

Contents

Artists

Hendrickje van Kerckhove (soprano)
Noa Frenkel (mezzo-soprano)
Leigh Melrose (baritone)
Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Jochen Kowalski (alto)
Manfred Hemm (bass)
Rupert Bergmann (baritone)
Klangforum Wien

Conductor

Johannes Kalitzke

Works

Kalitzke, Johannes

Die Besessenen

Artists

Hendrickje van Kerckhove (soprano)
Noa Frenkel (mezzo-soprano)
Leigh Melrose (baritone)
Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Jochen Kowalski (alto)
Manfred Hemm (bass)
Rupert Bergmann (baritone)
Klangforum Wien

Conductor

Johannes Kalitzke

About

Composer Johannes Kalitzke was born in 1959 in Cologne and studied piano music and church music before enrolling at the Cologne University of Music where his composition career began. He still teaches at the Darmstadt Summer Courses.

This disc presents his opera in four acts, Die Besessenen. Composed between 2008 and 2009, the libretto is by Christoph Klinke after the eponymous novel by Witold Gombrowicz. It is packaged as a single CD with an 84 page booklet and is conducted by the composer himself.

Cast:
- Maya: Hendrickje van Kerckhove (soprano)
- Madame Ocholowska: Noa Frenkel (mezzo-soprano)
- Cholawicki: Leigh Melrose (baritone)
- Leszczuk: Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
- Prince Holszanski: Jochen Kowalski (male alto)
- Skolinski: Manfred Hemm (bass)
- Maliniak: Rupert Bergmann (baritone)

Stage director:  Kasper Holten

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