OORKAAN LANCEERT HET HOORSPEL ROMEO EN JULIA
Oorkaan is launching online the radio play Romeo and Juliet, written by Sanne Schuhmacher, to a concept and direction by Caecilia Thunnissen. The radio play is a shortened version of the family concert Romeo and Juliet by the Concertgebouw Orchestra in collaboration with Oorkaan.
Performing Tchaikovsky's Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet," Oorkaan, the Concertgebouw Orchestra and (voice) actors Jouman Fattal and Steven Stavast tell their own version of the story of perhaps the most famous love couple of all time...Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet
A long time ago there was a street where two families lived, Romeo's family and Juliet's family. The families had quarreled for so long that no one knew anymore what the quarrel was actually about. The in love Romeo and Juliet want only one thing, to no longer live in the street of hate, but in the street of peace and love. In this, Romeo and Juliet choose a different ending. Listen HERE a sample excerpt.
music Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet' implementation Concertgebouw Orchestra conductor Gustavo Gimeno text Sanne Schuhmacher concept and direction Caecilia Thunnissen dramaturgy Erin Coppens music dramaturgy Lili Schutte actors/voices Jouman Fattal and Steven Stavast recording and editing Frans de Rond concert recording Everett Porter, Polyhymnia
Series of 5 Oorkaan radio plays
Het hoorspel Romeo en Julia behoort tot de eerste van een reeks van vijf. Al in 2017 ontwikkelde Oorkaan diverse hoorspelen – gemaakt door presentator en radiomaker Hans Smit – ter verdieping van haar theatrale concerten, het prikkelen van de fantasie en het ontwikkelen van het luistervermogen. Binnenkort zijn ook de hoorspelen Black Monster With Tobias Borsboom, Warrior's Son with the Cello Octet Amsterdam, Moth with the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam and Mr. Sax with the Ebonit Saxophone Quartet available online.
Sanne Schuhmacher wrote short stories for this, in which word and music alternate as narrator. Especially in these times when going to live concerts is not obvious, Oorkaan online offers a special listening experience, where the whole family can playfully enjoy the most beautiful sounds of Tchaikovsky, Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Rossini, Mendelssohn and Telemann, among others.
The Oorkaan Hearing Play Romeo and Juliet is now available via Storytel, Kobo Plus, Listening, Libris and De Slegte.
[ ISBN - number: 9789083114316 ].
The Concertgebouw Orchestra has been among the absolute best in the world for 130 years. Critics repeatedly praise the orchestral sound, which is recognizable out of thousands. The strings sound "velvety," the brass has a "golden" sound, the timbre of the woodwinds is very personal, and the percussionists from Amsterdam have gained world fame.
Jouman Fattal is een actrice, theatermaker en schrijver en speelde o.a. bij de Toneelmakerij en MAAS Theater en Dans. Ook was Jouman te zien in series als Zuidas, Flikken Maastricht, Moordvrouw, en speelde ze de hoofdrol in Project Orpheus (nominatie Zilveren Notenkraker) en de film Gelukzoekers. Onlangs heeft ze alle luisterboeken ingesproken van Harry Potter.
Steven Stavast is an actor and graduated from the Toneelschool Arnhem in 2007, after which he played and made performances with the Noord Nederlands Toneel, Grand Theatre, De Citadel and De Peergroup, among others. On TV Steven could be seen in Grijpstra en De Gier, De brief voor de koning and Het Bombardement.
Sanne Schuhmacher schrijft theater en speelt kleinkunst. Ze schrijft toneelteksten voor o.a. BonteHond, NTjong en Het Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest i.s.m. Oorkaan. De toneeltekst Eiland die ze schreef binnen het atelier van de Toneelmakerij werd geselecteerd voor de Stückenpool van de Nederlands Duitse toneelschrijfprijs Kaas & Kappes.
Director Caecilia Thunnissen, artistic director of Oorkaan since 2015, has a mission to allow the "total performer" in the performing arts to flourish as much as possible. For Oorkaan, she directed among others. Laat me met rust! with The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, and Muzikale Catwalk and Tarantula and The Dance of the Animals with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. With Tickle she recently won the 2020 YAMaward, the international award for best musical productions for young audiences. In 2021, she will create a youth production for the Salzburg Festival, the world's most renowned festival of opera and music.