Oppressively realistic: Alexander Raskatov's Animal Farm

Animal Farm

By Michael Klier, 05 March 2023

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“an exceptionally contemporary opera that gets under one’s skin”

Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 3 March 2023

Raskatov, Animal Farm

Dutch National Opera

Bassem Akiki, Conductor

Damiano Michieletto, Director

Paolo Fantin, Set Designer

Klaus Bruns, Costume Designer

Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Chorus of Dutch National Opera

Gennady Bezzubenkov, Old Major

Misha Kiria, Napoleon

Michael Gniffke, Snowball

Germán Olvera, Boxer

Karl Laquit, Benjamin, Pigetta

Artem Krutko, Minimus

Helena Rasker, Clover

Elena Vassilieva, Blacky

Holly Flack, Mollie

Marcel Beekman, Mr Jones

Francis van Broekhuizen, Mrs Jones

Frederik Bergman, Mr Pilkington

James Kryshak, Squealer

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Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.

An oppressively realistic world premiere: Alexander Raskatov’s Animal Farm in Amsterdam