Nohlab contributed to The Sea-Crossed Fisherman opera by designing stage installations, creating visual content, and performing live, blending traditional Turkish music with a contemporary theatrical experience.
Nohlab contributed to The Sea-Crossed Fisherman opera by designing stage installations, creating visual content, and performing live, blending traditional Turkish music with a contemporary theatrical experience.
DESCRIPTION
Nohlab took a part in a unique project The Sea-Crossed Fisherman: Total music theatre, an opera in four scenes by Michael Ellison, which was held in Süreyya Opera House, İstanbul during IKSV Music Festival in 2016.
Celebrating Istanbul, its seas and marine life, The Sea-Crossed Fisherman was adapted from Yaşar Kemal's novel of 1978, a powerful lyrical and dramatic music theatre that weaves Turkish traditional instruments into a contemporary musical and theatrical setting with breathtaking visual experience.
Nohlab designed the installations on stage, as well as creating content and performing live during the event.
Nohlab took a part in a unique project The Sea-Crossed Fisherman: Total music theatre, an opera in four scenes by Michael Ellison, which was held in Süreyya Opera House, İstanbul during IKSV Music Festival in 2016.
Celebrating Istanbul, its seas and marine life, The Sea-Crossed Fisherman was adapted from Yaşar Kemal's novel of 1978, a powerful lyrical and dramatic music theatre that weaves Turkish traditional instruments into a contemporary musical and theatrical setting with breathtaking visual experience.
Nohlab designed the installations on stage, as well as creating content and performing live during the event.
INFO
ROLE: Art Direction, Visuals, Performance
TYPE: Stage Design
DATE: 2016
DURATION: 110'
LOCATION: Sureyya Opera House, Istanbul
COMMISSIONED BY: IKSV (Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation) with support from European Research Council (ERC) and Istanbul Music Festival
CREDITS
VIDEO PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATION: Nohlab
VISUALS: Nohlab, Necmi Deniz Akıncı, Fehmican Gözüm
DIRECTOR/LIBRETTIST/DRAMATURG: Simon Jones
MUSIC BY: Michael Ellison
CONDUCTOR: Michael Rafferty
ORCHESTRA: Hezarfen Ensemble
CAST & SINGERS: Gwion Thomas, Robyn Allegra Parton, Louise Innes, Damian Thantrey, Adam Green
CHOREOGRAPHY: Zeynep Tanbay
DANCERS: Evrim Akyay, Gizem Bilgen, Can Gökdoğan, Serhat Kural
Nohlab took a part in a unique project The Sea-Crossed Fisherman: Total music theatre, an opera in four scenes by Michael Ellison, which was held in Süreyya Opera House, İstanbul during IKSV Music Festival in 2016.
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