Name: Hamed und Sherifa
Start: 2024-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Kammeroper

Organization

MusikTheater an der Wien

Dirigat

Viktor Mitrevski

Regie

Florian Drexler

Lichtgestaltung

Franz Tscheck

Dramaturgie

Kai Weßler

Sänger

Countertenor

Tobias Hechler

Hamed

Bariton

Timothy Connor

Sherifa

Tenor

Johannes Bamberger

Mother

Orchestra

Ensemble TaWumm!

Kostümbild

Vanessa Sampaio Borgmann

Bühnenbild

Deutsch

Hamed und Sherifa

Wien

Österreich

Wiener Kammeroper

Hamed und Sherifa Zad Moultaka: Poster

Public

Genehmigt

Kammeroper

الملك HAMED UND الأميرة SHERIFA
Zad Moultaka

CHILDREN’S OPERA FOR THREE SOLOISTS
AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Libretto by Ina Karr and Anselm Dalferth

Austrian premiere

King Hamed is furious: because he is disappointed with his wife, he banishes all women from his kingdom – except his mother. But Princess Sherifa refuses to stand for such nonsense. Disguised as Prince Sherif, she travels to Hamed’s kingdom and makes friends with him. Hamed likes his new friend very much, and is increasingly confused by what he feels: Is Sherif really a man? And how do you actually tell what is typically male and what is female? The Lebanese composer and sculptor Zad Moultaka asks the audience the question of masculinity and femininity through his music, too, because all the roles in the children’s opera, which premiered in 2015, are sung by three men. Moultaka’s score, written for an ensemble of oboe, bassoon, double bass and two percussionists, is a fascinating and humorous blend of European musical theatre tradition with its “Western” music and traditional Lebanese music.

In German
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up on 8 and 13 April

Cast
Conductor: Viktor Mitrevski
Director: Florian Drexler
Light: Franz Tscheck
Dramaturgy: Kai Weßler

Hamed / Storyteller: Tobias Hechler
Sherifa / Storyteller: Timothy Connor
Mother a.o. / Storyteller: Johannes Bamberger

Ensemble TaWumm!

English

Aufführungskredite (Besetzung & Produktionsteam )

Besetzung

Produktionsteam

Ensemble