Dangerous Liaisons (Musical)
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| Title: | Dangerous romances |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Marc Schubring |
| Lyrics: | Wolfgang Adenberg |
| Premiere: | February 22, 2015 |
| Place of premiere: | State Theater on Gärtnerplatz , Munich |
| Place and time of the action: | Paris, Saint-Roch, ca.1784 |
Dangerous Liaisons is a musical adaptation of the letter novel Dangerous Liaisons (French: Les Liaisons dangereuses ) by Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos with music by Marc Schubring and text by Wolfgang Adenberg . The musical premiered on February 22nd, 2015 under the direction of artistic director Josef E. Köpplinger at the State Theater on Gärtnerplatz in Munich. The musical director was Andreas Kowalewitz, the orchestration was carried out by Frank Hollmann . The stage design came from Rainer Sinell, the costumes from Alfred Mayerhofer.
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In order to take revenge on an old lover, the Comte de Gercourt, and to make him the mockery of Parisian society, the Marquise de Merteuil plans to deflower his teenage fiancée Cécile, who has just been discharged from a convent school, before the wedding . To do this, she needs the help of her former lover Vicomte de Valmont, a womanizer who, like herself, does not feel bound by moral and traditional sexual norms. Since Valmont actually desires the Marquise, it is also too easy for him to seduce a 16-year-old girl and he also has his eye on the virtuous, moral Madame de Tourvel, the Marquise and Valmont make a bet that if he does manages to seduce Madame de Tourvel, who will sleep with him again. Even if Valmont succeeds in a scheming and brutal way to fulfill the conditions of the bet, the marquise refuses him the agreed price. The betting is no longer so important to Valmont, because he has fallen in love with Madame de Tourvel. After the Madame kills herself, Valmont dies in a duel with Cecile's fiancée and the Marquise believes the intrigue is now hidden, the letters between her and Vicomte become public and everyone learns of the true, immoral side of the Marquise.
Ensemble of the first season (Munich, from February 22, 2015)
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- Director: Josef E. Köpplinger
- Orchestration: Frank Hollmann
- Musical director: Andreas Kowalewitz
- Direction and lighting: Josef E. Köpplinger
- Choreography and Co-Direction: Adam Cooper
- Stage: Rainer Sinell
- Costumes: Alfred Mayerhofer
- Dramaturgy: Michael Otto
actor
- Anna Montanaro: Marquise de Merteuil
- Armin Kahl: Viscount de Valmont
- Julia Klotz : Madame de Tourvel
- Anja Haeseli: Cécile de Volanges
- Florian Peters: Chévalier de Danceny
- Gisela Ehrensperger: Madame de Rosemonde
- Carin Filipcic: Madame de Volanges
- Erwin Windegger: Azolan
- Anna Thorén: Joséfine de Fontillac [1]
reception
Klaus Kalchschmid from the Deutsche Bühne says about the play: "Wolfgang Adenberg, from whom the book and lyrics come, distilled a musical dramaturgically superbly built musical from this bitterly evil model, which already comes to a head towards the end of the first act and takes off more and more towards the end. Marc Schubring composed music for it, excellently orchestrated by Frank Hollmann, which is steadily becoming more dramatic and dissonant. " Antonia Goldhammer from Bayrischer Rundfunk calls the piece "a tragic musical that is rare, but also deserves a bolder, more radical, briefly more consistent staging." In addition, Goldhammer complains: "The empathy necessary for this tragedy, the shock of the inhuman intrigues does not appear at first." For Wolf-Dieter Peter from the Neue Musikzeitung, the musical is hooked on the music, and he notices "nothing gets stuck in the film-sound-wave, which amplified the sound technology, which was probably damaged by rock concerts, at least in the first part and covered all voices . "
Awards
In August 2015, the creative and ensembles of dangerous love affairs were nominated in seven categories for the German Musical Theater Prize 2015 . The piece was awarded on October 26, 2015 as part of the award ceremony for the best musical and in the categories of best composition , best musical design and best costume . In addition, Julia Klotz was voted Best Actress .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Kalchschmid: musical theater criticism. Deadly love-power games. ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The German Stage, February 23, 2015.
- ^ Antonia Goldhammer: Psychological Terror and Mental Torment. 'Dangerous Liaisons' on Gärtnerplatz. ( Memento from October 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Bayerische Rundfunk Online, February 23, 2015.
- ↑ 'Dangerous Liaisons' - A world premiere by the Munich Gärtnerplatztheater. In: Bayerische Rundfunk Klassik, February 23, 2015.
- ↑ Wolf-Dieter Peter: Refinements, resoundingly externalized - premiere of the musical 'Dangerous Liaisons' in Munich. In: nmz.de, February 24, 2015.
- ^ The German Musical Theater Prize 2015: The Great Ceremony In: musical1.de, October 27, 2015.
