Editorial Mondigromax
Java Suite
Java Suite
Agustí Charles
Chamber opera in one act
Composition: Agustí Charles
Libretto: Marc Rosich
Voices: dramatic soprano, bass baritone and actor
Instrumentation: 3 female voices (vox instrumentalis), 2 percussionists, viola de gamba (bass)
Year of composition: 2011
Duration: 75 min.
Language: Catalan
World premiere: August 14, 2012, at Castell de Peralada International Festival, Girona.
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Commission: Festival d’Òpera de Butxaca-Mondigromax (2011)
Co-production: Festival d’Òpera de Butxaca together with Festival Castell de Peralada and Basel Opera Theater. With the collaboration of BCN216, the 2011 Creation and Research Grants Fund of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the 2011 Ministry of Culture Composers Grants.
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The story of Java Suite takes place on a terrace overlooking the Mediterranean, where a brother and sister, both well-off and of mature years, have their residence. Heirs to an empire based on the manufacture of teak and rattan furniture in Surabaya on the island of Java, the strange pair kill the tedium of their spare time looking for victims to amuse themselves with, preferably attractive and well-educated youths.
Score Java Suite 224 pages. Editorial Mondigromax
Java Suite
September 29 & 30, 2012
Contemporary Opera Cycle, La Seca Espai Brossa, Barcelona
October 21 & 22, 2012
Theater Basel, Switzerland
Creatives
Director and Stage design Rita Cosentino
Conductor Nacho de Paz
Video Celeste Carrasco
Lights Peter van Praet
Costumes design Tiziana Magris
Production
Technical Direction/Sound Carlos Gómez
Director’s Assistance Arnau Soler
Musical Assistant Joan Magrané
Set construction José Menchero
Production Coordination and Communication Marta Porter
Production Assistant Ferran Dordal
Production Dietrich Grosse
Cast
Soprano María Hinojosa
Baritone Xavier Mendoza
Young Man, actor Max Grosse Majench
Female voices Elisenda Arquimbau, Montserrat Bertral Ribas, Marta García Cadena
Musicians Grup Instrumental BCN 216 – (David Albet, director)
Viola da Gamba Peter Krivda
Percussionists Ferran Carceller Amorós, Ivan Herranz
