“A grand opera: this time with a very unique twist!”
dpa (German Press Agency)
OPERA & MUSIC THEATRE
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[VERTUMNUS] [NICHTS. ALS WIEDERHOLUNG] [DIE JAGD] [DIE REISE DES G. MASTORNA]
[DER FLÖTENZAUBERFLÖTE] [AS TIME GOES BY] [DREI LÖFFEL ZUCKER IM MEER] [IM SPIEGEL]
VERTUMNUS
for electroacoustic music and interactive shadow play
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Year of Composition: 2009
Duration: 40′
Commission: Republic of Cyprus – Ministry of Education and Culture.
Supported by: Skopje Biennale, Macedonian National Theatre, Association Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée.
Premiere: Skopje Biennale (September 9, 2009).
Big scene of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Skopje.
Electronic music production: Nick Elia, Shadow staging: Mirjam Hesse, Multimedia staging: Dilini Chrystebel Keethapongalan, Direction: Marios Joannou Elia.
DIE JAGD
opera for nature and cars in 16 scenes
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Year of Composition: 2008
Title Translation: THE HUNT
Roles: Maria I (coloratura soprano), Andy I (counter tenor), Benni (boy soprano), Cem (Bass), Maria II (actress), Andy II (actor), Isabell (actress).
Juvenile vocal ensemble (hunting chorus), speaking choir, twenty voices (recorded or live).
Instrumentation: Instrumental ensemble in two groups, car sextet and electronics.
Instrumental ensemble: Cello, accordion, harp, piano / cembalo / celesta / synthesizer (1 player), trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, percussion (2).
Text: “Die Jagd” by Marianne Freidig and Andreas Liebmann (in German).
Duration: 80′
Commission: Stuttgart State Opera.
Premiere: Stuttgart State Opera, Rampe Theatre Stuttgart, Stuttgart State Orchestra (December 18, 2008).
With Michael Hofmeister, Christoph Kail, Mark Munkittrik, Valerie Oberhof, Janin Roeder, Heidi Wolf, among others.
Aston Martin DB9 Volante, Jaguar SKR, Ford Shelby Mustang, Ford Focus ST, Volvo S80, Land Rover Defender.
Conductor: Bernhard Epstein, Repetition: Hans Christoph Bünger, Electronic sound production: Nick Elia, Spatial sound design: Niko Lazarakopoulos, Staging: Eva Hosemann, Dramaturgy: Xavier Zuber, Space design: Hubert Schwaiger, Costumes: Ingrid Leibezeder.
NICHTS. ALS WIEDERHOLUNG
DER FLÖTENZAUBERFLÖTE
opera in 10 scenes
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Year of Composition: 2008/09
Title Translation: NOTHING. AS REPETITION
Roles: y1 (coloratura soprano), x1 (countertenor or baritone), y2 (actress), x2 (actor), z (bass), Σ (actress), π (boy soprano or mezzo soprano).
Choir (12) (additional doubling of voices ad libitum).
Instrumentation: Percussion sextet, instrumental ensemble in two groups and electronics.
Instrumental ensemble: Cello, accordion, harp, piano / cembalo / celesta / synthesizer (1 player), trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, percussion (2).
Text: “Nichts. Als Wiederholung” by Robert Kleindienst (in German).
Duration: 60′
Commission: Cultural Funds of Land Styria, Austria.
music theatre (satirical drama)
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Year of Composition: 2005/06
Title Translation: THE FLUTES’ MAGIC FLUTE
Roles: Pamina (coloratura soprano), Papagena (lyrical alto), Tamino (heroic tenor), Papageno (buffo baritone), Papagena 1-5 / TV 1-5 (actors).
Instrumentation: Violin, double bass (doubling e-bass), flute, trombone, clarinet, percussion quintet, cembalo, piano, guitar, alphorn.
Text: “Der Zauberflöte zweiter Teil” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, arranged by Daniel C. Schindler and transformated by Marios Joannou Elia (in German).
Duration: 30′
Commission: Frankonija Chamber Opera for the Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, Mozartjahr 2006 in Bayreuth.
DIE REISE DES G. MASTORNA
AS TIME GOES BY
music theatre (media opera)
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Year of Composition: 2006
Title Translation: THE JOURNEY OF G. MASTORNA
Roles: Conferencièse (actress), vocal ensemble (actors or singers), spear carriers.
Instrumentation: Cello and guitar duet, Mexican mariachi quartet (violin, guitar, guitarrόn, male singer), sound utensil ensemble.
Text: “Die Reise des G. Mastorna” by Federico Fellini, arranged by Sandra Li Männel Saavedra and transformated by Marios Joannou Elia (in German).
Duration: 45′
Commission: Mozarteum Salzburg, City of Salzburg.
Premiere: Amadeus Terminal 2 of the Salzburg Airport, Mozartjahr 2006 in Salzburg (October 25, 2006).
Conferencièse: Ninja Reichert, with Johanna Baillet, Claudia Gaebel, Sebastian Graf, Elisabeth Halikiopoulos, Verena Jagersberger, Dennis Junge.
Cello: Hugo Smit, Gitarre: Kostas Tosidis, Los Mariachis del Salzburg (Song: Rodrigo Porrus Garuto, Violin: David Varola López, Guitar: Francisco Torres, Guitarrón: Rafael Davila Troncoso), Mozarteum Department for Drama & Department for Stage Design, Costumes and video: Sandra Li Männel Saavedra, Light design: Sebastian Knöbl, Staging: Marios Joannou Elia.
zeitoper in 3 scenes
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Year of Composition: 2005
Roles: Coloratura soprano, vocal ensemble (S-A-T-B), motorbike duet, spear carriers.
Instrumentation: Flute, oboe, trumpet, horn, bassoon, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass.
Text: “As time goes by” by Malte Ubenauf, Sven Holm, Xavier Zuber (in German).
Duration: 30′
Commission: Hannover State Opera.
Premiere: Hannover State Opera, Hannover State Orchestra, Einsteinjahr 2005 (September 29, 2005).
Coloratura soprano: Anne Ellersiek, Spear carriers: Silke Bornkamp, Kinga Golus, Margarethe Mast, Marion Meyer, Joachim Buhr, Michael Lieb.
Conductor: Johannes Harneit / Bernhard Epstein / Frank Sodemann, Staging: Sven Holm, Set design: Ima Thume, Costumes: Birgit Hübenthal, Lighting: Hans-Peter Gormanns, Dramaturgy: Malte Ubenauf.
DREI LÖFFEL ZUCKER IM MEER
IM SPIEGEL
for vocal ensemble
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Year of Composition: 2005
Title Translation: THREE SPOONS SUGAR IN THE OCEAN
Note on Composition: Vocalists can be singers or actors.
Text: “Drei Löffel Zucker im Meer” by Marios Joannou Elia (in German).
Duration: 17′
Commission: Toihaus Theatre, Cultural Funds of Land Salzburg.
Premiere: Toihaus Theatre Salzburg. A portrait concert of works by Marios Joannou Elia (June 10, 2005).
Soloist: Max Simonischek (actor).
Vocal Ensemble: Benjamin Bieber, Nina Mohr, Ulrich Rechenbach, Sara Spennemann (actors), Francka Senk and Jana Stefanek (singers), Staging: Susanne Inkiow, Scenery: Sandra Li Männel Saavedra, Thomas Mörschbacher, Direction: Marios Joannou Elia.
children’s music theatre
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Year of Composition: 2002
Title Translation: IN THE MIRROR
Roles: Child narrators (6).
Instrumentation: Violin, cello, guitar, electroacoustic sounds.
Text: A collage of texts by Hans Christian Andersen, Clemens Brentano, Ezra Pound and Adalberg Stifter arranged by Michaela Schwarzbauer (in German).
Duration: 30′
Commission: International Association for Polyaesthetic Education, Mozarteum University of Salzburg – Institute for Integrative Music Pedagogy and Polyaesthetic Education.
Premiere: International Symposium of the IGPE, Weinberg Castle – Knight’s Hall, Upper Austria (July 4, 2002).
With children of Wilhering Grammar School Linz, Students of Mozarteum University of Salzburg and Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama and Dance in Linz.
Violin: Christine Schwarzbauer, Cello: Michaela Schwarzbauer, Guitar: Marios Joannou Elia, Video: Christoph Kendlbacher, Direction: Marios Joannou Elia, Michaela Schwarzbauer.
