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Ensemble - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Mara Kurotschka

Mara Kurotschka

Mara Kurotschka ist Absolventin der New Yorker Juilliard School. Ihre choreografischen Arbeiten waren u. a. am New Yorker Lincoln Center, am Théâtre de Caen, auf der Ruhrtriennale, bei den Salzburger Festspielen und an den Münchner Kammerspielen zu sehen. Bevor sie sich der Oper zuwandte, arbeitete sie mehrere Jahre am Schauspiel an der Seite von Armin Petras, daneben auch mit Regisseuren wie Sebastian Baumgarten, Peter Kastenmüller, Lorenzo Fioroni und Regisseurinnen wie Corinna von Rad, Johanna Schall u. a.

Als Co-Regisseurin war sie mit Philipp Stölzl in zahlreichen Operninszenierungen am Theater Basel, der Staatsoper Stuttgart, an der Deutschen Oper Berlin, der Staatsoper im Schiller Theater und an den Wiener Festwochen engagiert. Mit Jürgen Flimm erarbeitete sie vergangene Spielzeit Sciarrinos MACBETH an der Staatoper im Schiller Theater und zuletzt als Co-Regisseurin im St. Petersburger Mikhailovsky Theater MANON LESCAUT.

Ihre Inszenierung der ukrainische Erstaufführung des FLIEGENDEN HOLLÄNDERS an der Donbass Oper in Donetsk wurde als Gastspiel an die Nationale Oper Kiew, das Opernhaus Odessa und die Nationaloper Lemberg eingeladen und in 2014 mit dem bedeutendsten ukrainischen Kulturpreis (Taras Schewtschenko Preis) für die Regie ausgezeichnet. Vergangene Spielzeit inszenierte sie den VETTER AUS DINGSDA am Konzerttheater Bern.

Kurotschkas Videoarbeiten zu Alltagsbewegungen in Mega-Citys erfuhren große Beachtung und wurden u. a. im ZKM Karlsruhe, in den Museen für Zeitgenössische Kunst in Rom (MACRO) und Sevilla, auf Kampnagel Hamburg, der FU Berlin und in der Villa Massimo gezeigt.

Sie erhielt zahlreiche Auszeichnungen u. a. von der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, der Akademie der Künste Berlin und der Kulturstiftung des Bundes und war für die Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes als Jurymitglied tätig.

Schedule

Videos

Richard Wagner: Parsifal (2024)
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Richard Wagner: Parsifal (2024)

Faust – The Making-Of
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Faust – The Making-Of

Faust
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Charles Gounod: Faust

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05
DEC

Adventskalender in der Tischlerei: Das 5. Fensterchen

Today in the Tischlerei: ‘Rossini, Liszt and more’
with Kangyoon Shine Lee (tenor) and Songyeon Catarina Kim (piano)
5pm / Tischlerei
Duration: approx. 25 minutes / free admission


The evening begins with musical declarations of love: love is illuminated in all its facets – from the idealised, the yearning to the devoted and the melancholy – in three songs by Franz Liszt and an aria from Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Franz Liszt's ‘Enfant, si j'etais roi’ (‘Child, if I were king’) and ‘Oh! Quand je dors’ (‘Oh! When I sleep’) are settings of poems by Victor Hugo. In the first, the beloved is given everything imaginable – but it can never be enough. The second poem describes a nocturnal vision of the beloved, who appears like an angel, kisses the sleeping person and fills them with heavenly love. Liszt's ‘Liebestraum Nr. 3’ (‘Oh dear, as long as you can love’) is one of a series of three songs that Liszt later arranged in a purely instrumental form and which became emblematic of romantic piano music. The original text was written by Ferdinand Freiligrath and deals with the transience of love and the resulting need to cherish and cultivate it in the here and now. You will hear the Korean pianist Songyeon Catarina Kim at the piano. She then lovingly accompanies our ensemble member Kangyoon Shine Lee in an aria that he will sing again on our main stage from 31 March 2025, when he takes on the role of Count Almaviva in Katharina Thalbach's production of Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: the cavatina ‘Ecco, ridente in cielo’. In it, Almaviva sings about the beauty of the morning and his ardent love for Rosina – it is a lyrical and romantic beginning to an otherwise predominantly comedic opera. It is followed by the song ‘La danza’ from Rossini's collection of songs ‘Les soirées musicales’, published about 20 years later, which describes the joyful hustle and bustle of a Neapolitan festival. The musical basis for this song is the tarantella, a fast, rhythmic folk dance from southern Italy. The programme will conclude with a contemplative Christmas favourite, ‘O Holy Night’.

Lyric tenor Kangyoon Shine Lee was born in Seoul. He first graduated from the Korea National University of Arts before studying with Kammersänger Prof. Roman Trekel at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin from 2022. In 2021, Kangyoon Shine Lee won the Belvedere Competition and received an engagement at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He made his house debut on 27 December 2022 as Almaviva in Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA and also sang in DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE. In the 2024/25 season, he will be part of the ensemble here at the theatre and can be heard in roles such as Tamino in Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE and the children's version THE FAIRY TALE OF THE MAGIC FLUTE, as Count von Lerma / DON CARLO, Cavalier Belfiore / IL VIAGGIO A REIMS, Malcolm / MACBETH, Walther von der Vogelweide / TANNHÄUSER and Pang / TURANDOT.

The South Korean pianist Songyeon Catarina Kim studied piano at Kyunghee University in Seoul. She has won numerous Korean and international competitions. Since 2021, she has been studying Lied interpretation with Prof. Wolfram Rieger at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin. She is currently studying chamber music with Prof. Wolfram Rieger as part of her concert exam. During her studies, she was a répétiteur in lessons with KS Prof. Roman Trekel, Prof. Anna Korondi, KS Prof. Ewa Wolak, Prof. Martin Bruns and Prof. Christine Schäfer, as well as a répétiteur in masterclasses with KS Brigitte Fassbaender and KS Prof. Thomas Quasthoff. She has also worked as a répétiteur for scenic instruction at the Immling Festival, the Darmstadt Theatre and the Erfurt Theatre. In the 2024/25 season, she will work as a répétiteur at IMMMERMEEEHR at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.