Life without Chris
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Title: | Life without Chris |
Original title: | Life without Chris |
Original language: | German |
Music: | Wolfgang Böhmer |
Lyrics: | Peter Lund |
Premiere: | April 2, 2009 |
Place of premiere: | Berlin, Neukölln Opera |
Life without Chris is a musical by Peter Lund (text) and Wolfgang Böhmer (music).
content
Christopher Bohrmann dies two days after his birthday in an accident with a scooter. An angel picks him up and actually wants to lead him into posterity, but Chris has not yet finished his life. In flashbacks, the viewer learns how Chris lived, as an observer he experiences the processing of grief in his circle of friends and he is also given a view of the world without Chris.
premiere
Life without Chris was written especially for graduates of the Berlin University of the Arts , where the author and director Peter Lund is a professor. The premiere took place due to a long-standing cooperation between the UDK and the Neukölln Opera . The world premiere took place there on April 2, 2009.
Austrian premiere
On May 31, 2012, "Leben ohne Chris" will celebrate its Austrian premiere in Vienna . Under the direction of Jürgen Kapaun, the musical is produced by the musical company EMDIS STAGE in co-production with students and graduates of the Vienna Conservatory .
Reviews
Life without Chris received an extraordinarily friendly to euphoric reception in the review . The Berliner Zeitung spoke of a "great success". The Tagesspiegel compared author Peter Lund with Gilbert and Sullivan and the librettists of Jacques Offenbach . The Berliner Morgenpost called the mixture of flashbacks and visions of the future "brilliantly successful". Neues Deutschland praised the "wonderfully evil dialogues, great music and rousing dance scenes".
Ensembles and productions
Ensemble of the Berlin performance (2010)occupation
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Ensemble of the Viennese Performance (2012)occupation
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Last productions in German-speaking countries
- Linzer Kammerspiele , premiere: April 4, 2015, director: Heidelinde Leutgöb
List of songs
- One morning in early August
- The day I died
- What did you think you were doing?
- With you is good
- I think about the future
- We were there
- Must be great to be you
- Finally eighteen
- Little brother Chris
- Smart people die young
- If it's really love
- It can't go on like this
- Secret love
- cheers
- shards
- struggle
- Life without Chris
Web links
- Information page of the Neukölln Opera
- Entry in the musicalzentrale
- Information on the Vienna premiere (PDF; 65 kB) Vienna Conservatory
Individual evidence
- ↑ They can't stand the future without beer. Big hit: The Neukölln Opera shows “Life without Chris” . In: Berliner Zeitung , April 4, 2009
- ↑ Chris don't close the door . In: Der Tagesspiegel
- ↑ Peter Lund stages "Life Without Chris" as a musical . In: Berliner Morgenpost
- ↑ There is a life after! In: New Germany