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Pulsating new Andriessen with prosaic libretto at the Holland Festival

By Jenny Camilleri, 13 June 2016
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“Pulsating percussion crescendos whipped up the euphoria of discovery”
Reviewed at Royal Theater Carré, Amsterdam on 11 June 2016
Programme
Andriessen, Theatre of the World
Performers
Dutch National Opera
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor
Pierre Audi, Director
The Quay Brothers, Set Designer, Video
Florence von Gerkan, Costume Designer
Leigh Melrose, Athanasius Kircher
Lindsay Kesselman, A boy
Marcel Beekman, Pope Innocent XI
Cristina Zavalloni, Sor Juana Ínes de la Cruz
Mattijs van de Woerd, The carnifex
Martijn Cornet, He
Nora Fischer, She
Pascal Pittie, Descartes
Michael Wilmering, Goethe
Tomeu Bibiloni, Leibniz
Jeroen de Vaal, Voltaire
Steven Van Watermeulen, Janssonius, Raffaele Fabretti
Charlotte Houberg, Three Witches
Sophie Fetokaki, Three Witches
Ingeborg Bröcheler, Three Witches
Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg)
Jean Kalman, Lighting Designer
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Jenny Camilleri
Jenny Camilleri
After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.