Works // Opera
2020
- Ludwig im Wald
A staged opera for choir, actor, csoprano, piano, cello, e-guitar, percussion.
It is musically based around the 6th Symphony of Beethoven but opens to become a somewhat satirical comment on climate change. But is also a heartfelt appell to help save our (and Ludwig's) "Wald" (forest). Premiere 5.6.20 at Dresden Central for the Dresdner Festspiele 2020.
2018
- Opera of Objects.
for oboe, percussion, piano, objects and voices.
A collaborative work by Erik Griswold, Cathy Milliken and Vanessa Tomlinson.
Text by Craig Foltz.
Premiere 9.11.2018
2016
- GAACH - a kind of Folk Opera
A participative opera. A commission by Münchener Biennale 2016, to Cathy Milliken, Robyn Schulkowsky, Dietmar Wiesner and 200 Participants. Premiere in the Foyer of the Gasteig Philharmonic Hall on the 5.6.2016.
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2015
- Comfort Ye
An opera based on stories, texts and songs by young South African singers.
Composition- Georg Friedrich Handel, Cathy Milliken, Bloekombos Secondary
School Choir. Directed by Robert Lehmeier.
Produced by Umculo Festival/Shirley Apthorpe Director.
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2007
- Haus aus Stimmen
A radio play and Chamber Opera with Libretto by Silke Scheuermann
Music by Milliken, Wiesner
A production of Radio Days, ZKM, Karlsruhe
8-9.11.2007 Kubus, ZKM Karlsruhe
2005
- Seven Attempted Escapes from Silence
(Nr 6. Walls and Mirrors.)
A chamber opera in seven parts with Libretto by Jonathan Safran Foer
A production by the Staatsoper Berlin
4/17/19/21/25/27/30.9.2005 Magazine, Staatsoper, Berlin - Seven Attempted Escapes from Silence: Windows and Mirrors
Chamber opera, libretto: Jonathan Safran Foer
Small orchestra
Berliner Staatsoper
1998
- Mother tongue (Muttersprache)
for speaker, soprano, baritone, violin, cello, piano, percussion and tape.
Based on poems and prose by Rosa Ausländer.
State Theatre Darmstadt; tape realised at ZKM studios, Karlsruhe.