It's NOVEMBER ALREADY??!!

How on earth did that happen?!

It seems like October simply disappeared - between returning from Düsseldorf, being reunited with loved ones at home in Berlin, new opportunities and work places, more travel to and auditions in Copenhagen, Deutsche Bahn strikes, performances and Halloween; There just wasn't time to do any posts. 

So I now have some catching up to do.

Coming up this month - a few more recommendations about Düsseldorf. 

Upcoming performances of Menotti's THE MEDIUM:

Friday, the 14.11.2014 at 20:00

Sunday, the 16.11.2014 at 16:00

Hauptstadtoper Berlin, Landsberger Allee 61, Friedrichshain. 

www.hauptstadtoper.de

Tickets 18€ / 10€ for concession and freelance artists / 8€ Students

Plus some new culinary discoveries, coffee places and depending on the mood, perhaps some rants - but one should stay positive.

Thanks for reading!!

M

Menotti's THE MEDIUM 31.10.2014

Menotti's THE MEDIUM

"The Medium" is a two-act, one hour opera by the italian-american composer Gian Carlo Menotti. 

It tells a story of Madam Flora/Baba as a fraud communicator with the dead (think Whoopie Goldberg in the film "Ghost"), until this particular seance, whereby she has a true experience of someone (or something) touching her throat. From that moment she continues to become more obsessed with finding out the answer and growing with fear, frustration and anxiety. At the end of the opera she shoots the mute, Toby, thinking that he is the ghost. 

Design: Ellen Leather

While this a rarely performed Chamber Opera, it is extremely well composed, compact and dramatic. 

A performance in Berlin recently took place at the restaurant P103, Potsdamer Strasse 103, and another is planned for Halloween on Friday 31 October at 22:00. I suggest getting along to see it, as the performance is by donation only, and it is easy enough to have dinner first then enjoy drinks during the performance itself. 

L. Rose Nolan & R. Elizabeth Baz in THE MEDIUM / Photo: Niko Tourkos

The opera is sung in English and features an international cast as follows:

Monica - Elizabeth Baz

Madam Flora - Rose Nolan

Mrs Gobineau - Ellen Leather

Mr Gobineau - Oskar Koziolek-Goetz

Mrs Nolan - Alexandra Broneske

Toby - a mute (imagined)

Musical Director - Matthew Toogood

Come along and support these young artists by leaving a donation!!!