Der Anonyme Liebhaber
Opera by Joseph Bologne “Chevalier de Saint-Georges
British-Nigerian director Femi Elufowoju Jr. tells this romantic (tragic) comedy as the story of Joseph Bologne, for whom, as a person of color in the 18th century, it was impossible to marry a white European woman. The musical direction is in the hands of the US-American conductor Kazem Abdullah.
Music by Joseph Bologne “Chevalier de Saint-Georges”.
Libretto by François-Georges Fouques Deshayes “Desfontaines”
after Stéphanie Félicté de Genlis “Madame de Genlis
in a new version by Femi Elufowoju Jr.
Cast
Musical direction: Kazem Abdullah / Stéphane Fromageot
Production: Femi Elufowoju Jr.
Production: Sebastian Juen
Stage and costume: ULTZ
Lighting: Charles Balfour, Andreas Enzler
Choreography: Elenita Queiroz
Choir rehearsal: Franz Obermair
Dramaturgy: Christina Schmidl
Joseph: Joshua Stewart
Léontine: Florina Ilie
Ophémon: Äneas Humm
Dorothee: Libby Sokolowski
Jeannette: Jennifer Panara
Colin: Christopher Sokolowski
Dancers: Theatertanzschule St. Gallen
Choir: Choir of the Theater St. Gallen
Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra St. Gallen
2022
Breaking the Waves
Opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
Lars von Trier caused a sensation in 1996 with his award-winning film Breaking the Waves. In it, he tells the story of a deeply religious, traumatized, young woman in an impossible situation: out of love for her paraplegic husband Jan, Bess complies husband Jan, Bess complies with his outrageous demand and sleeps with other men – believing that
in the belief that this will save her husband. Twenty years after the film, the opera version of the material was successfully premiered in Philadelphia. With a highly emotional tonal language and sensual sounds, the U.S. composer and Grammy winner Missy Mazzoli paints a multifaceted portrait of an anti-heroine who, out of self-confidence, is forced to sleep with a man.
of an anti-heroine who, out of selflessness, becomes the victim of an isolated, dysfunctional society.
Musical direction: Modestas Pitrenas
Production: Melly Still
Set design: Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Choral rehearsal: Franz Obermair
Dramaturgy: Christina Schmidl
Bess McNeill: Vuvu Mpofu
Jan Nyman: Robin Adams
Dodo: McNeill Jennifer Panara
Terry: Justin Hopkins
Dr. Richardson: Christopher Sokolowski
Mother: Claude Eichenberger
Sadistic Sailor: Kristján Jóhanneson
Council: Man David Maze
Young: Sailor Cristian Joita
Dancer: Swane Küpper
Emily Pak, Elenita Queiroz
Herren choir of the Theater St.Gallen
Symphony Orchestra St.Gallen
2021
