„Many Many Women“ (Petr Kotík) - NODO Biennial / Days of the New Opera Ostrava (CZE)

The NODO Biennial / Days of the New Opera Ostrava - a unique continuous showcase of the new opera in the Czech Republic - will offer opera works and vocal performances by eight composers: Luigi Nono, Salvatore Sciarrino, Petr Kotík, Matouš Hejl, Miroslav Tóth, Judith Berkson, James Layton, and Lucie Páchová. Performed by solo singers and conductors from Europe and the USA, production teams from Poland, Germany, Slovakia and from us; choir Canticum Ostrava led by Yurii Galatenko and orchestras Ostravská banda and ONO / Ostrava New Orchestra. Ten years after its founding, the NODO festival demonstrates the power of artistic expression in contemporary opera. The festival is also committed to performing works by artists across generations who are working to interrogate questions of meaning and existence in the contemporary age

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Many Many Women Vocal-instrumental composition, 1975–78

Music: Petr Kotík Libretto: Gertrude Stein Director, stage design: Jo Fabian

Performers: S.E.M. Ensemble

Singers: Jen Wu, soprano Elizabeth van Os, soprano Padraic Costello, countertenor Felix Heuser, tenor Harald Hieronymus Hein, bass/baritone Nicholas Hay, bass

Instrumentalists: Petr Kotík, Malgorzata Hlawsa, flutes Sam Jones, Adam Richter, trumpets William Lang, Jen Baker, trombones

World premiere of staged version, 360'

In English language with Czech and English subtitles