Fathers

 

FATHERS – is the opera made by the Lappetites, which premiered at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin on 25.11.09

4 women, 3 fathers, 7 laptops, 3 screens, 8 speakers, 1 choir, 3 (male) opera singers and 12 years of international solo performance skill combine in a new musical experience.

The Lappetites, is an international collective of artists who create their work through online communication and occasional one place collision somewhere else in the world. Founded by Matthews in 2001, their current members are Antye Greie aka AGF (Germany-Finland), Kaffe Matthews(UK) and Ryoko Akama(Japan).

 

FATHERS –  the score

To take a look at contemporary global living, the Lappetites researched the lives of their own fathers, a high ranking officer in the East German Army, an English arable farmer born on the land he still works, and a Korean business man from post-war Japan. This new opera Fathers is the result.

scene 1 Roots, Wurzeln, Kongen
scene 2 Survival, Uberleben, seizon shukumei

      Rise with the Day (2009) by Matthews, for Scene 2, Survival in FATHERS.

scene 3 Body Maps, K(oe Umlaut!)rperkarten, Shintai zu
scene 4 Love, Liebe, Ai
scene 5 Beliefs, Glauben, Shinkou
scene 6 Meeting, Begegnung, Deai
scene 7 Father Daughter Axis, Vater-Tochter-Achse, Chichi Musume No Souguu
scene 8 Illusions, Illusionen, Genkaku
scene 9 Death, Tod, Shi

Production/direction/music/video : The Lappetites

Opera singers: Johannes Khn, Sascha Borris, Clemens Gnad
Choir: the choir of the House of the World Cultures, directed by: Barbara Morgenstern
Stage Technicians: Hermann Volkery, Adrian Pilling, Jason Dorn, Benjamin Brandt
Lighting: André Schulz, Matthias Hardenberger

Thanks to: Richard Matthews, Ann Matthews, Takeo Nemoto, Hans-Jürgen Greie , Matthias Osterwold, Jo Aichinger, Billy Phillip Neumann, Detlef Diedrichson, Alexander Ponhert, Chris Allen, Boris Edelstein, Carlos Serrano, Toby Harris, Visual Berlin, Juliet Glass, and uli dziallas for beautiful clothes,