The Amputation of Charlie Sharp

2014

120'

Opera in Two Acts

for soloists, actors, and extended mandolin orchestra

Composition: Stefan Hakenberg

Libretto: Philip Gourevitch

German version: Olaf Matthias Roth

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(-) World premiere (German version, concert performance): 2014, Festival NOW!, Salzlager, Kokerei, Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany; Gereon Grundmann (Charlie Sharp), Stephanie Lesch (Nurse), Marcelo de Souza Felix (Jonas/ Doctor), Anne Heßling (Aviva), Linda Hergarten (Estelle), Philippe Clark Hall (Diplomat), acting students of the Folkwang Musik School, Essen, the extended Jugendzupforchester of NRW, Christian de Witt (cond.)
(-) World premiere (English version, concert performance of 3 arias): 2024, Konzertsaal Wuppertal, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Wuppertal, Germany; Leo Bögeholz Gründer (Charlie Sharp), an extended mandolin orchestra of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Annika Hinsche (cond.)


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