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Die Verbesserung der Welt

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Antoin Herrera-López Kessel

Boniface

Conductor

Antanina Kalechyts

Stage director

Kristine Tornquist

Set designer

Michael Liszt

Costume designer

Maria Mitterlehner

Dramaturge

Roberta Cortese

Caroline Modiba

Divine

Bibiana Nwobilo

Rosine

Owen Metsileng

Zauberer Mbumba

Tye Maurice Thomas

Mamadou

Manuel Betancourt

Licht- und Schattenspieler 1

Manuela Hämmerle

Licht- und Schattenspieler 2

Lighting designer

Vladi Tchapanov

Markus Liszt

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Petra Giacalone

Benjamin McQuade

Video designer

Beatrix Hollenstein

Dietmar Hollenstein

Jury Everhartz

Evgenia Stavropoulou

Licht- und Schattenspieler 3

sirene Operntheater

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Ensemble Reconsil

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Der Durst der Hyäne

Vienna

Austria

Sirene Operntheater

THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORLD - a chamber opera festival
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with German subtitels 3 - DER THURST DER HYÄNE Text. Kristine Tornquisthttps://www.sirene.at/site/assets/fil...
Music. Julia Purginahttps://www.sirene.at/site/assets/fil...

The Congolese farmers Raisin and Mamadou have lost their cow; she drank the water of the river into which the cobalt mine discharges its sewage. There is no compensation from the mine, so they go to the traditional magician who promises to correct the imbalance, clean up the river and get the farmers back their cow.

0:00:0001 prologue. Mamadou and Raisin
0:08:42 02. Raisin at Tiger Mining
0:12:56 03. The Congo is like a safe
0:16:10 04. Despair and a plan
0:20:11 05. The magician Mbumba
0:28:42 06. Dinner with the manager
0:35:20 07. The doctor's visit
0:39:28 08. by the river
0:42:16 09. Divine price Mbumba
0:48:16 10. At the river
0:50:47 11. The sewage treatment plant
0:54:58 12. At the river
1:04:32 13. The thirst of the hyena
1:08:4300. Applause raisin. Bibiana Nwobilo Mamadou. Tye Maurice Thomas Divine. Caroline Modiba Boniface. Antoin Herrera-López Kessel Police officer, magician, doctor. Owen Metsileng play of light. Carlos Manuel Delgado-Betancourt. Manuela Hämmerle. Evgenia Stavropoulou Director. Kristine Tornquist conductor. Antanina Kalechyt's Ensemble Reconsil Flute. Eric Lamb | Clarinet 1. Anna Koch | Clarinet 2. Theresia Schmidinger | Saxophone. Thomas Schön | Trumpet. Spiros Laskaridis | Horn. Franz Pickl | Trombone. Stefan Thurner | Percussion. Irena Manolova | Harpsichord. Sonja Leipold | Violin 1. Jacobo Hernández Enríquez | Violin 2. Aya Georgieva | Viola. Daniel Moser | Violoncello. Maria Frodl | Double bass. Damián Posse | Ensemble management Alexander Wagendristel stage and props. Markus Liszt. Michael Liszt light play figures. Square meters. Beatrix Hollenstein. Dietmar Hollenstein costume. Maria Mitterlehner light and technology. Vladi Tchapanov mask. Anna Dreo accompanist. Petra Giacalone. Benjamin McQuade assistant production and director. Roberta Cortese Some objects and stage furniture. Jakob Scheid film production. Peter compatriot. Paul compatriot. L + L video production floor F23. Lara Adaibat. Thomas Barcal. Alexander Lugmayr. Max Sperger. Erich Sperger This film was made possible by the kind support of the Department of Culture of the City of Vienna (MA7) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport (BMKOES) (From the Stage to the Video - New Start Culture). a siren production 2020 - 2021 Jury Everhartz. Kristine Tornquist siren opera theater | Petra Giacalone. Benjamin McQuade assistant production and director. Roberta Cortese Some objects and stage furniture. Jakob Scheid film production. Peter compatriot. Paul compatriot. L + L video production floor F23. Lara Adaibat. Thomas Barcal. Alexander Lugmayr. Max Sperger. Erich Sperger This film was made possible by the kind support of the Department of Culture of the City of Vienna (MA7) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport (BMKOES) (From the Stage to the Video - New Start Culture). a siren production 2020 - 2021 Jury Everhartz. Kristine Tornquist siren opera theater | Petra Giacalone. Benjamin McQuade assistant production and director. Roberta Cortese Some objects and stage furniture. Jakob Scheid film production. Peter compatriot. Paul compatriot. L + L video production floor F23. Lara Adaibat. Thomas Barcal. Alexander Lugmayr. Max Sperger. Erich Sperger This film was made possible by the kind support of the Department of Culture of the City of Vienna (MA7) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport (BMKOES) (From the Stage to the Video - New Start Culture). a siren production 2020 - 2021 Jury Everhartz. Kristine Tornquist siren opera theater | Alexander Lugmayr. Max Sperger. Erich Sperger This film was made possible by the kind support of the Department of Culture of the City of Vienna (MA7) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport (BMKOES) (From the Stage to the Video - New Start Culture). a siren production 2020 - 2021 Jury Everhartz. Kristine Tornquist siren opera theater | Alexander Lugmayr. Max Sperger. Erich Sperger This film was made possible by the kind support of the Department of Culture of the City of Vienna (MA7) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport (BMKOES) (From the Stage to the Video - New Start Culture). a siren production 2020 - 2021 Jury Everhartz. Kristine Tornquist siren opera theater |https://www.sirene.at

Opera in Vienna, 09/30/2020, Dominik Troger
http://www.operinwien.at/werkverz/pur...
Kristine Tornquist has written a libretto with “The Hyena Thirst”, which connects the environmental damage caused by a mining mine with the needs of a Congolese farming family. Raisin's cow dies from contaminated river water. Raisin complains unsuccessfully to the manager of the mining company, which is poisoning the river with its sewage. She turns her request to the magician Mbumba, who takes matters into his own hands. The manager of the mine falls ill with the "thirst of the hyena". The magician reveals the drug to the manager's wife for a high fee: the man has to drink from the river water. The manager has the wastewater treatment plant, which was shut down for profit reasons, switched on. The magician even got a new cow for Raisin. The piece is based on an African fable. The hyena from this fable serves as a symbol for the greed of the people for profit with unrestrained exploitation of all resources. Julia Purgina's music comments, ironises, dresses in almost comic-like speech bubbles. The mixture of wind instruments, strings, percussion and a harpsichord (!) Enables “exotic” sound effects without the aid of African folklore. So the music serves the piece and grows beyond itself in the final narrative of the hyena fable. No virtuoso feats are required of the protagonists in terms of singing, the text is the focus. The characters were musically well sketched - just as Kristine Tornquist's production understood how to use simple means to transform characters into lovable stage personalities in a humorous way. Antanina Kalechyts directed the Ensemble Reconsil. What I particularly liked about this performance was its positive attitude: people make mistakes, but you can turn things around for the better. The very well-attended evening received a lot of applause from the audience. Ö1 Zeit-Ton: Interview with Julia Purginahttps://youtu.be/56hw0ZBD_9E
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Der Durst der Hyäne: Der Durst der Hyäne Purgina

Approved

Die kongolesischen Bauern Rosine und Mamadou haben ihre Kuh verloren - sie hat das Wasser des Flusses getrunken, in den die Kobaltmine ihre Abwässer leitet. Von der Mine ist keine Entschädigung zu bekommen, deshalb gehen sie zum traditionellen Zauberer, der ihnen verspricht, das Ungleichgewicht wieder zurechtzurücken, den Fluss zu reinigen und den Bauern ihre Kuh wiederzubeschaffen

Deutsch

Congolese farmers Rosine and Mamadou have lost their cow - she drank the water from the river into which the cobalt mine drains its sewage. There is no compensation from the mine, so they go to the traditional sorcerer, who promises to correct the imbalance, clean up the river and get the farmers' cow back.

English

Der Durst der Hyäne by Purgina, From (2020/2020), Directed by Kristine Tornquist,, Conductor Antanina Kalechyts, Sirene Operntheater, Vienna, Austria

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