World Premiere
March 29, Karlsruhe, ZKM –
Europäische Kulturtage 2012
...There
is no doubt that with Three Mile Island Andrea Molino has chosen a
more than delicate subject to once again provide further proof that literary fiction is not his domain. But how the composer confronts
this venture is testament to his integrity and honesty. Molino does
not reduce the complexity of this highly technical theme, does not
break it down to music, video or theatre, he takes all three by the
horns and allows it to grow into its own hybrid.
...With
bizarre, harsh sonorities he guides Vergeiner's words, in order to
pinpoint the morality of those responsible for the cover-up. Frantic
breathing is heard, the whirring sound of clarinet and wild drum
beats combine threateningly with video images of the people
concerned. Here no whisper, no syllable is unnecessary. Everything is
elemental, of higher meaning. ...This
is the vortex into which Molino sucks his audience and in the end,
probably only Johannes, the son of the deceased Ignaz Vergeiners, can
resolve this. For even if the American High Court threw out the class
action lawsuit of his father, one cannot avoid the fact: that this
unambiguous piece of true art is clamouring for justice together with
those who were trampled underfoot by those in power. And this alone
gives the work irreplaceable, great value.
Markus
Mertens, The
Power of Honesty, Badische Neueste Nachrichten, 31.3.2012
Very detailed research and strong
political messages, from which the composer Andrea Molino extracts a
masterful piece of music theatre. This performance achieves something
remarkable: it allows us to perceive with all our senses the hidden
truth of Three Mile Island.
Ellen Hofmann, arte-tv, 30.3.2012
Italian Premiere
Rome, May 21, 2012, Teatro India
What is surprising about "Three
Mile Island", the beautiful opera by the composer Andrea Molino,
is that, while telling a great tragedy, it allows room for hope.
[...] And as the legendary figure of the Indians of Pennsylvania, Sky
Woman (an intense Andrea Mirò), tells of a country that has lost its
innocence, the sounds and voices of Klangforum Wien and Neue
Vocalsolisten Stuttgart envelop everything. [...] A final coup de
théâtre brings us back to the present and the young Johannes
Vergeiner, Ignaz's son, who bears witness to the hopes of good men.
Anna Cepollaro, Repubblica, 05.27.2012
Indefinable in any traditional
theatrical genre - and this is meant as a commendation - a staged
concert given at the Teatro India in Rome (its Italian premiere),
does not aim to make political accusation in the manner of Nono. The
scientific reports of Vergeiner shout the bare truth with relentless
condemnation of the sin identified by Jesus (Matthew 5-10): the
persecution of the righteous. There is nothing better than the sound
of a trumpet emerging from the welter of other instruments to suggest
that deceit, in this excellent score composed by Andrea Molino with
dramaturgy by Guido Barbieri. The list of superb things, both heard
and seen, is long in this "Three Mile Island."
Giovanni Carli Ballola, L'Espresso,
22.6.2012
The theatrical action is well supported
by the music of Andrea Molino, performed by musicians of Klangforum
Wien, with vocal performances by the soloists of the Neue
Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. ZKM Karlsruhe and Zurich University of the
Arts developed the Multimedia, which is particularly successful in
the development of the drama which gripped the audience emotionally -
at the end of the work the audience erupted into loud, enthusiastic
applause, calling authors and performers back to the stage several
times.
Umberto Asti, teatro.org, 19.6.2012
The sonority of Klangforum Wien, other
sounds, human and animal, of the wonderful Neue Vocalsolisten
Stuttgart, intruded on each other, overlapping, each with his own
story, telling of the effect of the accident at the reactor and the
resulting toxic cloud, all conveyed by the frightening interweaving
of the voices of those poisoned. [...] Then the final declarations of
the witnesses - those of the son of Ignaz Vergeiner - directed at
the just. Throughout the performance the music dramatically
encompassed the immense space.
Pao. Par., Il Tempo, 23.5.2012
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