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| Theater Lübeck and KongSeokChoi |
KongSeokChoistudied singing at theYonseiUniversity,the Royal Academyof Music in Londonandat theMusikhochschule in Cologne. He was a winner or finalistin numerous international vocal competitions, including the Richard LewisSinging Competition, Blyth-Buesst Singing Competition London and the GiordanoInternationalSinging Competition.
He has performed as a Priest and as PapagenoinMozart's The Magic FluteinSeoul, King RenéinTchaikovsky's IolantaandBartoloandFigaroin Mozart's LenozzediFigaroin London.Heis a memberof theOpernelitestudios des Theater Lübeck. He performs the role of the ex-soldier Ran in The Brothers and the Innkeeper in Venus in Africa.
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| Christian Henneberg |
As amember of the choirof the Schleswig-Holstein MusicFestival, hehas touredthe BodenseeFestival,the RheingauMusic Festival,the Handel Festivalin Halle andto Brazil.
In 2010,he furthered his studies atthe FolkwangUniversityin Essen with the noted bass Jan-Hendrik Rootering. As an ensemble member at the Dortmund Opera he has performed the Prince in Kurt Schwertsik's Eisberg nach Sizilien, Figaro in Rossini's Barber of Seville and three roles in the German premiere of Marc-Anthony Turnage's Anna -Nicole. He performs the male lead of Charles in Venus in Africa.
The Brothers is one of three one-act operas that Antheil composed in 1954.The opera is the retelling of the story of Cain and Abel, set not long after World War II in a middle-class American kitchen. Venus in Africa, is one of Antheil's later operas.It's a comedy about the visit of two young lovers (Charles and Yvonne) to Tunisia where Charles asks an ancient statue of Venus to teach him about love.
