Regie: A. Rauthmann, Bühnenbild: R. Pflanz, Kostüme: C. Möbius, Film: S. A. Golbol
The Gift of the Magi (D. Conte)
Kammeroper in einem Akt
Premiere 18.12.2010
English Theatre Berlin
Musikalische Leitung:
Kanako Nakagava
(Berlin International Opera)
German premiere of David Conte´s chamber opera "The Gift of the Magi" (USA, 1997). after a short story by O. Henry.
music by David Conte / libretto by Nicholas Giardini
La Bohème in New York 1910 and Berlin 2010 - two metropolitan cities in different eras, both the focus of immigration of young people, who left their home to find a better life.
It´s Christmas time, the season of family, joy and giving. But how do you feel when your family is far away? And money is so tight you cannot even buy a gift for your loved one?
The touching story of celebrated American writer O. Henry about Della and Jim, two young and penniless lovers in New York, was turned into a chamber opera by San Francisco-based composer David Conte.
