Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	15th May 2010
To	15th May 2010
When	19:30
Prices	From £9.00. To £28.00.
Barbican Centre (V371)
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After Life

Work:: After Life (S01929672681)

Music	Michel van der Aa
Lyrics	Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Production:: (T01757702644)

Semi-staged. Which one memory would you choose to take to eternity? This is the question posed by After Life. The opera’s characters are about to trade their earthly existence for a place in heaven and are allowed to choose a key moment from their lives to relive in the form of a film that they can take with them to eternity. Skilfully combining live stage action with film, music and an electro-acoustic sound-world, After Life uses multiple perspectives to explore our human need to discover meaning in the ordinary details of everyday life.

Producer	Barbican
Producer	Netherlands Opera
Director	Michel van der Aa
Costume	Robby Duiveman
Company	ASKO
Company	Schoenberg Ensemble
Musical Director	Otto Tausk
Performer	Claron McFadden (Chief)
Performer	Helena Rasker (Bryna)
Performer	Margriet van Reisen (Ilana)
Performer	Yvette Bonner (Sarah)
Performer	Richard Suart (Mr Walter)
Performer	Roderick Williams (Aiden)

Listing:: L1363303470

Production details

Semi-staged. Which one memory would you choose to take to eternity? This is the question posed by After Life. The opera’s characters are about to trade their earthly existence for a place in heaven and are allowed to choose a key moment from their lives to relive in the form of a film that they can take with them to eternity. Skilfully combining live stage action with film, music and an electro-acoustic sound-world, After Life uses multiple perspectives to explore our human need to discover meaning in the ordinary details of everyday life.

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