Simon Steen-Andersen: Buenos Aires
music theatre in five scenes for five voices and four musicians (2014/15)

text, music, direction, stage, video: Simon Steen-Andersen

Neue Vocalsolisten
Johanna Zimmer
Truike van der Poel
Martin Nagy
Guillermo Anzorena
Andreas Fischer

asamisimasa
Kristine Tjøgersen, clarinets
Tanja Orning, violoncello
Håkon Stene, drums
Anders Førisdal, guitar

A co-production of Musik der Jahrhunderte with Festival Ultima Oslo and Ensemble asamisimasa.

World premiere at Festival Ultima, Oslo (2014).

German premiere at ECLAT 2015.

1. Aria
in which Johanna hesitantly sings a duet with a 1000 Hz beep tone.

2. Prozess
where Johanna experiences the full power of indirectness.

3. Love is in the Air
The title says it all. And at the end, the ‘self-simulator’ is used for a walk.

4. Mi manca la voce
The roles are swapped and Johanna is asked to conduct Rossini’s aria ‘Mir fehlt die Stimme’.

5. Tango dot
Johanna travels to the city of ‘good air’ and dances a fatal tango.