NEWSREAL (solo) Cora Schmeiser: voice and performance Falk Hübner: concept, composition and video 'Newsreal' is an audio visual chamber opera in which an incessant flow of information tries to find its way into the life of a soprano. Internet in our pockets, newspapers in our bags, tv in the train. News has never been that close to us before. But do we actually manage to process all that information in one single day? And do we really know more since information has become so readily available? 'Newsreal' is a complex interaction between vocals, images and - literally - today’s news. Cora Schmeiser sings short stories of people-in-the-news like the Iranian martyr Mehrdad Azizollahi and the wife of the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo; stories that gradually intertwine and thus turn into an overwhelming torrent of news that goes right through the singer, making her stagger, shimmer, doubt, laugh, and fall. The music features an intriguing mix of jazz-sounds blended with electronics and classical singing.     texts: English 'Newsreal' is a Zeebelt-production with support of the city of The Hague, stage OCW and Artez Conservatory and was performed in theatre Zeebelt, The Hague (NL) / OCW, stage for small scale events, Rotterdam. For additional information and bookings, please click here

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