all photographs ©2011 by Léon Richard all rights reserved. reproduced with kind permission.

Erste Walpurgisnacht

music by 19th century German composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
based on the poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

a contemporary re-interpretation towards more universal, multi-cultural understanding



commissioned by Toonkunst amateur choir Rotterdam, Netherlands

performed June 25th, 2011 in the Great Church / Laurentius Church Rotterdam
as final piece of the series Spoken en Schimmen (ghosts and apparitions)


conductor and artistic director: Maria van Nieukerken
mise-en-scène & choreography for choir, singers, and corps-de-ballet, soloist: Thomas Körtvélyessy
second soloist: Floor van Dongen


solo-singers:
Ella Rombouts (alto), Leon van Liere (tenor), Vincent Spoeltman (baritone)
re-orchestration for winds and brass, bowed bass, and percussion: Andreas N. Tarkmann

performed by Ensemble Musonis and the Greater Choire of Toonkunst


corps de ballet:
Yareth Habermehl (dramaturgy and assistant to the choreographer),
Floor van Berkestijn, Elya Massij, Annelous Wieringa, Yvonne Hartmans, Karin Meijer, Herman Vriesendorp, Dineke Terlouw, Johann Wijlage, Jozef Sloots, Chantal Bouman, Maria Raluca Popa, Marie Faber

thanks to SKVR Dansschool / Bernadet van Winden, Gwensley Paula, Kaatje Nouwèn,
Ine Keitz (costume Floor van Dongen)

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