Walter Mirtl

Visuals.for.OCC - another collaboration with Bernd R. Bienert and TEATRO BAROCCO.
Walter Mirtls video animation, Visuals.for.OCC, offers a visually perceptible level of interpretation, in a manner similar to the acoustically experienced interpretation of the libretto by the music.

Visuals.for.OCC

video animation for an opera-performance, 2013

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Visuals.for.OCC

created for:

THE ORIGINAL CHINESE CONJUROR (A Musical Diversion Suggested by the Lives of Chung Ling Soo)

Based on the real story of William Robinson, a magician, who lived in the early 20th Century, and entertained his audiences in vaudeville theaters. This video animation plays with the elements of transformation, illusion and imagination.

music: Raymond Yiu; libretto: Lee Warren; directed by: Bernd R. Bienert; visuals: Walter Mirtl; costumes: Simon Grundtner; conductor: Vasilis Tsiatsianis; orchestra: DIE REIHE; production: TEATRO BAROCCO; William Robinson: Bryan Benner; Dot Robinson: Anne Wieben; Alexander Herrmann: Andreas Maurer; Chai Ping: Friedolin Obersteiner; Soldier, Audience Member, Donald Stevenson, Newspaper Boy, Reporter, Harry Elson, and voice of Ching Ling Foo: Klaus Paar.

 

MUSIKVEREIN WIEN, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
PREMIERE: 19 April 2013, 20:00