"The discovery of Hanoch Levin's play "The Child Dreams" was a shock and an epiphany for me. Never before was the work of another artist so close to my own inner pictures. It was as if this play was dedicated to all the children that had appeared in my work and to all those that are yet to come."
Gottfried Helnwein to Peter Nedoma, the director of Galerie Rudolfinum in Prag, April, 2008
The opera "The child dreams" will premiere Mon January 18, 2010 (20:00)
A world première, based on one of the most important Israeli plays of all time by Hanoch Levin. A journey of escape towards the unknown in an opera featuring death and despair intertwined with a hope for a better future.
Dates
Mon 18.1.10 (20:00), Wed 20.1.10 (20:00), Fri 22.1.10 (13:00), Sat 23.1.10 (20:00),Mon 25.1.10 (20:00)Towards Opening: Sat 16.1.10 (11:00)
The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
Sung in HebrewSurtitles in English and HebrewLength of performance: approx. two hours
"This is Hanoch Levin's most poetic play and his greatest achievement." (Yediot Ahharonot)
PROPHETIC DEAD CHILD:
"I saw an angel: He was sailing in the sun,diving slowly as if in a sea of honey,and he came down and whispered to me:"Oh little lambs, silent screamers,oh. my tender, impatient dead,a tiny error was made in the inventoryand now it's final: one more child."
(a silence of disbelief)
"That's what he told me. 'Rest just a little moreOnly one more child."
(From "The Child Dreams" by Hanoch Levin, scene 8 (Requiem)
Dramatis Personae:
THE FATHERTHE MOTHERBLEEDING MANA SHOCKED OBSERVER OF DEATHWOMAN BORN FOR LOVECOMMANDERWAILING WOMANTHE CHILDCROOKED-BLACK SOLDIEROPTIMISTIC NEIGHBORMAN JEALOUS OF THE LIVINGSAILORSA CONSOLING PASSENGERMAN OF REASONEXCITED PASSENGERDEVOUT PASSENGERGUARDLAME YOUTHCLERKTOOTHLESS MANFEARFUL WOMAN PASSENGERGOVERNORGOVERNOR'S WIFECLEVER SAILORLAZY ONEDEAD CHILDRENPROPHETIC DEAD CHILDSENSITIVE DEAD CHILDARGUMENTATIVE DEAD CHILDIMPATIENT DEAD CHILDOBSERVING DEAD CHILD"MESSIAH"BRAVE SOLDIERCHILD WHO TURNED TO DUST
