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 Ballet by John Neumeier
 for Father John J. Walsh SJ
Music |
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio , BWV 248 (1734),
part I-III
 Chorale Texts: English | German |
Choreography
Costumes
Lighting Concept |
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John Neumeier |
Set |
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Ferdinand Wögerbauer |
No intermission - 1 hour 40 min.
Premiere
The Hamburg Ballet, Theater an der Wien
Vienna, December 12, 2007
Original Cast |
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| a man |
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Lloyd Riggins |
| the mother |
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Anna
Polikarpova |
| her husband |
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Peter
Dingle |
| a shepherd |
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Carsten
Jung |
| the angel |
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Silvia Azzoni
Arsen Megrabian* |
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Kusha Alexi
Edvin
Revazov
Anna Laudere**
Dario
Franconi
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* for Thiago Bordin
** for Barbora Kohoutková
Premiere in Hamburg
The Hamburg Ballet, December 23, 2007
Original Cast |
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| a man |
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Lloyd Riggins |
| the mother |
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Anna
Polikarpova |
| her husband |
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Peter
Dingle |
| a shepherd |
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Carsten
Jung |
| the angel |
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Silvia Azzoni
Arsen Megrabian* |
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Kusha Alexi
Edvin
Revazov
Anna Laudere**
Dario
Franconi
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* for Thiago Bordin
** for Barbora Kohoutková
Co-production with the Theater an der Wien
The first premiere of the 2007/2008 season will continue my series of ballets choreographed on religious music and themes. Following "Saint Matthew Passion", "Magnificat", "Messiah", and "Requiem", the premiere of "The Christmas Oratorio", to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, will take place exactly on time for Christmas! As stage designer Ferdinand Wögerbauer, who has in the past worked with me on Handel‘s "Messiah" will return to design the set. As with the other sacred works, my intention is not to illustrate the biblical story, but rather, to deal choreographically with the emotions intrinsic to the music and theme, creating, from today's point of view, my subjective vision in movement of the human situations expressed in Bach‘s music.
John Neumeier
Chorale Texts: English | German
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