Palpitations (musical)

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Musical dates
Title: Palpitations
Original language: German
Music: Jochen Frank Schmidt
Book: Jochen Frank Schmidt
Original direction: Jochen Frank Schmidt
Premiere: November 2003
Place of premiere: Waldshut-Tiengen
Playing time: approx. 2½ hours
Roles / people
  • Andy, the one in love:
    Felix Heiermeier
  • Irene, the wallflower:
    Nicole Gütling
  • Bella, the school beauty:
    Dominique Ganter
  • Cupid: Markus Oschwald
  • the crazy professor:
    Johannes Hog
  • Aunt Elli: Manuela Oeschger
  • Phillip, a friend: Simon Riegger
  • Fred, a friend: Boris Gerchow
  • Annabell, the little sister:
    Annabell Hog

The musical Herzklopfen is the second musical by the composer Jochen Frank Schmidt (music and text). The world premiere took place on November 13, 2003 in the Klettgau-Gymnasium in Waldshut-Tiengen .

action

The musical "Herzklopfen" describes the problem of falling in love with the right partner. Cupid is having a bad day. And that's why Andy doesn't get the standard love arrow, but one that he knows he wants to fall in love with, but not with whom. Out of sheer confusion, he decides that Bella, the school beauty, is right for him. Unfortunately, Andy has no chance with her. He does not notice that a wallflower has fallen in love with him. He seeks advice from his friend Professor Durakov, a slightly crazy inventor. Durakov wants to make sure that he and Bella fall in love with a machine that synchronizes the heartbeat of two people. But whether this machine works is the question.

Performances

After the world premiere there were three more performances in the Klettgau-Gymnasium Waldshut-Tiengen . In 2004 another 13 sold out performances were staged in the Martin-Stoll-Halle in Waldshut-Tiengen. In 2005 the piece was played in four open air performances in the Waldshut-Tiengen stadium. The musical was also shown in Karlsruhe and in the Burghof Lörrach . The first production of "Palpitations" was shown in a total of 28 performances. In 2008 the musical “Herzklopfen” was re-staged in the Gloria Theater in Bad Säckingen and played en suite in a total of 25 performances for three months.

music

The musical design consists of ballads that are very emotional as well as rousing melodies. Titles are e.g. B. "No risk no fun", "Drawn", "Something very special", "Sister" or "The Vamp".

Artistic team for the premiere

Music, text and direction of the musical are by Jochen Frank Schmidt, the sound by Alexander Dieterle and the choreography by Nadine Stengritt. Jörg Peters was responsible for the lighting design.

Cast of the premiere

Andy, the lover and Irene, the wallflower, were played by Felix Heiermeier and Nicole Gütling. Bella, the school beauty, played Dominique Ganter and Amor was played by Markus Oschwald, the slightly crazy professor of Johannes Hog. In other roles you could see Manuela Oeschger as Aunt Elli, from whom Irene seeks advice, as well as Simon Riegger and Boris Gerchow as friends Philipp and Fred. Irene's little sister, Annabell, was played by Annabel Hog.

The band consisted of Dirk Münster ( piano ), Benedikt Weiger ( bass ), Frank Pohl ( saxophone ), Simon Altmeier ( trumpet ) and Markus Oschwald ( guitar ).

Discography

A CD of this musical was released in 2007 : Herzklopfen, Hochrhein-Musicals.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Romance: Heartbeat: You can't calculate love Musicalzentrale.de. Retrieved March 1, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c Musical stars as guarantors of success , in: Südkurier from September 19, 2008. Accessed on February 28, 2016
  3. ↑ Program 2003