WINTERTHUR CITY COMPOSES AN OPERA

WINTERTHUR SCHREIBT EINE OPER

By Jens NEUBERT

SYQUALI CROSSMEDIA AG - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2012

The Swiss Children’s Opera project by the „Musikkollegium Winterthur“ shows the development of opera placed in a grass roots democratical location. Children are learning as active composers and musicians: “How to move the whole city?”Opera comes back to its classical ideals as unique social process.

    • Year of production
    • 2012
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • SWISS-GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 60 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jens NEUBERT
    • Producer(s)
    • Jens NEUBERT (Syquali Multimedia AG)
    • Synopsis
    • On behalf of the Musikkollegium Winterthur, Syquali Multimedia AG is producing a longtime- documentary of the project. In collaboration with music schools, schools and the children’s composition class, the opera will be written, composed and performed by 750 Swiss children from the city of Winterthur (canton of Zurich). Over a period of one year (May 2011 through May 2012), the children will develop and produce the opera.
      The entire process of bringing the opera to stage will be thoroughly shown in the documentary, with the special emphasis on what great efforts it takes to produce an entire opera from the very beginning until it is ready for the public. The life-premiere takes place at the Theater Winterthur on May 12 and 13 in 2012.
    • Partners & financing
    • Musikkollegium Winterthur and Drosos Foundation
    • Beginning of shooting
    • May 01, 2011