THE ROSENBERGS
2015
Esbjerg Concert Hall, Esbjerg
Written and directed by: Rhea Leman
Music: Joachim Holbek
Singers: Liv Oddveig Midtmageli, Jakob Block Jespersen
Musicians: Peter Møllerhøj, Live Johansson, Heidrun Petersen
Set design: Rhea Leman
Premiered: March 2015, Esbjerg Concert Hall, Esbjerg
Denmark tour: March 2015
With the mushroom cloud as the Cold War terror emblem in the background, Ethel and Julius sing their story, so the warning signs and the thoughts about their tragic end, weaves together in a narrative marked by sweetness, vulnerability and tremendous willpower.”
Politiken, Thomas Michaelsen
“The composer Joachim Holbek has created a lymph-like flow of empathetic chamber music, and the playwright and choreographer Rhea Leman has given the two singers in The Rosenbergs a moving, almost intravenous text and movement patterns which encompasses all shades of being lost, now that death has happened and every attempt to look back reveals unbearable abysses.”
WeekendAvisen, Peter Johannes Erichsen
“The singers give a very impressive presentation in the beautifully directed musical drama where the singing is excellent.
Frederiksborg Amtsavis, Mikael Krakrup
