Organization

Stage director

Ilja Racek

Conductor

Fabrizio Da Ros

Singer

Bass

Michal Marhold

Raphael

Jan Kukal

Tenor

Joseph Dahdah

Uriel

Tomasz Tracz

Vincenc Ignác Novotný

Soprano

Leigh Michelow

Karolina Janů

Helena Kalambová

Gabriel

Baritone

Adam

Oliver von Dohnányi

Set designer

Dana Hávová

Music production

Movement cooperation

Jiří Pokorný

Assistant Director

Marta Vaňkátová

Music preparation manager

Libuse Vondrackova

The text follows:

Deputy concertmaster:

Tomáš Pešek

Chorus master

Kremena Pešakova

Daniel Volný

Guide

Slezské divadlo

Others

Choir of the Silesian Theater in Opava

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Silesian Theater in Opava

Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2 -  (The Creation)

Opava

Czech Republic

Die Schöpfung Haydn

Public

The Creation

Approved

Die Schöpfung Franz Joseph Haydn

Creation of the World is part of the international project Let's Sing Oratorio Music !, the main feature of which is the active participation of the audience: children and young people get involved during the performance singing the choral part of the oratorio accompanied by orchestra and choir SDO, while the soloists are winners of the international singing competition Sacred Music International Competition 2020.

Haydn's oratorio Creation is divided into seven days and three parts, in which first light, heaven and earth, sea and mountains and everything else arise from the chaos, and finally after Adam and Eve. Three archangels Gabriel (soprano), Uriel (tenor) and Raphael (bass) celebrate God's work and praise the songs. In the last part, Adam and Eve join them and together they glorify the miracle of creation. Haydn's music, both strict and naive in style, can evocatively evoke initial chaos and violent storms, fiery lightning and the roar of thunder, light snowflakes and a gurgling stream, and its sophistication ranks this oratorio among his masterpieces. Its introduction in history has always been and is a holiday. However, when the audience enthusiastically applauded the author during one of the reruns, Haydn allegedly raised his index finger modestly: "Not from me - everything comes up there!

English

The Creation by Haydn, From (2021/2022), Directed by Ilja Racek,, Conductor Fabrizio Da Ros, Oliver von Dohnányi, Slezské divadlo, Opava, Czech Republic

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