Private View was a music-theatre production based on the humor and suspense of early 20th century cinema, with the use of Rear Window by alfred hitchcock as staring point. 33 ⅓ Collective created the scenography of Private View with images from the public domain. Premiered at Vlaamse Opera Antwerpen May 13th 2015.
Composition | Annelies van Parys
Images | 33 ⅓ Collective
Dramaturgy | Tom Creed
Singers | Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Musicians | Asko|Schönberg Ensemble
Libretto | Jen Hadfield
Scenario | Gaea Schoeters
Production | Annik Laruelle
Lighting and technics | Peter Quasters
Coproduction | Muziektheater Transparant, Operadagen Rotterdam, Opera Vlaanderen, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Asko|Schönberg, 33 ⅓ Collective, National Opera Bergen, Cultuurfonds Oost Nederland, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
Private View has won the Fedora Rolf Liebermann prize for opera 2015 as well as the 'Armel Opera Competition' Budapest.
Private View was selected as one of 14 productions, "outstanding in terms of the development of contemporary music theatre" by Music Theatre Now 2015, a competition by the International Theatre Institute (ITI).
Private View was performed at:
- Borealis Festival Bergen (Norway) 2017
- Muziekgebouw aan het IJ Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2016
- Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (Luxemburg) 2015
- Concertgebouw Brugge (Belgium) 2015
- November Music 's Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) 2015
- Deutsche Oper Berlin (Germany) 2015
- Plzen (Germany) 2015
- Armel Opera Festival Budapest (Hongaria) 2015
- Opera Dagen Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2015
- Musik der Jahrhunderte Stuttgart (Germany) 2015
- Opera Vlaanderen Gent (Belgium) 2015
- Kunsthuis Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Antwerpen (Belgium) 2015