Michal Bitan
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BIOGRAPHY

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Michal Bitan’s musical flexibility is informed by a kaleidoscope of interests. From rhetoric and historical theater, through filming, to the construction of historical garments, these art forms instruct her decision making to form a miniature theater experience in each performance.

Since making her debut with the New Israeli Opera as 1st Child of Mozart in Die Zauberflöte, , she has come to specialize in the works of the late French, Italian and German 18th century masters, as well as historical acting. Further training has based her in Europe, where she completed Bachelor and Masters Studies in early music at the Royal Conservatoire Den Haag.

Michal sang the roles of Dorinda (G.F.Handel: Orlando) at Theater Aachen, Königin der Nacht (W.A.Mozart: Die Zauberflöte) with the Lüneburger Symphoniker, Armide (Lully), Queen Orasia (Telemann: Orpheus), Vespetta (Telemann: Pimpinone) and Mrs. Ford (Salieri: Falstaff) at the Royal theater The Hague.

Michal collaborates as a singer- actress with various ensembles and orchestras, such as Musica Poëtica, with whom she portrayed the roles of Ariadne (G. Benda: Ariadne auf Naxos) and Portia (Shakespear: The merchant of Venice), and La Voz Humana. She is the artistic director of the ensemble A Dialogue on a Kiss, since 2010.

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Michal Bitan hat sich durch ihre musikalische Flexibilität als eine einfühlsame Interpretin verschiedenster Stilrichtungen vom Barock bis zum 21. Jahrhundert etabliert. Seit ihrem Debüt mit der New Israeli Opera als 1. Knabe in Mozarts Die Zauberflöte hat die in Jerusalem geborene Sängerin sich auf Werke der französischen, italienischen und deutschen Meister des späten 18. Jahrhunderts, sowie auf historische Schauspielpraxis spezialisiert. Ihre weitere Ausbildung führte sie nach Europa, wo sie ein Bachelor- sowie ein Masterstudium mit Hauptfach Gesang (Oper und alte Musik) am Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag absolvierte.

Michal Bitan hat schon zahlreiche Opernrollen gesungen, wie zum Beispiel Olympia (J.Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen) mit dem Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Symphony Orchestra Israel, Le feu und Le rossignol (M.Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges) mit dem Orchestra of the Jerusalem Academy, Dorinda (G.F.Handel: Orlando) am Theater Aachen, Armide (Lully) und Mrs. Ford (Salieri: Falstaff) am Königlichen Theater Den Haag, und Die Königin der Nacht (W.A.Mozart: Die Zauberflöte) mit den Lüneburger Symphonikern.

Michal arbeitet als Sängerin und Schauspielerin mit diversen Ensembles und Orchestern zusammen, wie zum Beispiel "Musica Poëtica" und "La Voz Humana". Sie ist aktives Mitglied der Amsterdam Historical Acting Collective, und künstlerische Leiterin des Ensembles "A Dialogue on a Kiss", mit dem sie 2016 die CD "Tis now dead Night" aufnahm.

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REPERTOIRE

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Opera

A. Campra

L’Europe Galante: Cephise

 

L. Cherubini

Médée: Dircé

2nd Lady

 

A. Copland

The tender land: Laurie

 

G. Donizetti

Don Pasquale: Norina

Linda di Chamounix: Linda

 

G. Frid

Anne Frank: Anne

 

G. F. Handel

Alcina: Alcina

Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Cleopatra

Orlando: Dorinda

 

J. B. Lully
Armide: Armide

 

C. Monteverdi

L'incoronazione di Poppea: Fortuna

L’Orfeo: La Musica

 

W. A. Mozart

Cosi fan tutte: Fiordiligi

Despina

Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Konstanze

Die Zauberflöte: Könnigin der Nacht

1st child

Le nozze di Figaro: Susanna

 

J. Offenbach

Les contes d'Hoffmann: Olympia

 

G. Puccini

La Bohème: Musetta

 

H. Purcell

Dido and Aeneas: Belinda

 

M. Ravel

L'enfant et les sortileges: Le feu & Le rossignol

 

G. Rossini

Semiramide: Semiramide

 

A. Salieri

Falstaff: Mrs. Ford

 

G. P. Telemann

Orpheus: Orasia

Pimpinone: Vespetta

 

A. Vivaldi

Griselda: Costanza


Oratorio/Cantata/Melodrama/Song cycle
J. S. Bach

Johannes Passion BWV 245

Matthäus passion BWV 224

Weihnachts Oratorium BWV 248

Coffee Cantata BWV 211

Cantata BWV 14

Cantata BWV 32

Cantata BWV 42

Cantata BWV 52

Cantata BWV 61
Cantata BWV 84

Cantata BWV 140

Cantata BWV 151

Cantata BWV 199

 

G. Benda

Ariadne auf Naxos: Ariadne

 

N. Bernier

Le Caffé

 

A. Campra

Les heureux epoux

 

M. A. Charpentier 

Messe de Minuit

Assumpta est Maria

 

L. N. Clérambault

L'Amour Piqué par une Abeille

 

J. Coprario

Songs of Mourning

 

F. Couperin

Leçons de ténèbres

 

G. Fauré

Requiem

 

M. Feldman

Rothko Chapel

 

G. F. Handel

Messiah

Debora: Yael

Theodora: Theodora

Delirio amoroso

Lucrezia

Nel dolce del oblio

 

J. M. Haydn

Der Baßgeiger zu Wörgl MH 205

 

W. A. Mozart

Requiem in D minor

Mass in C minor

 

G. P. Telemann 

Brockes Passion: Gläubige Seele, Maria, 3rd Magd.

Cantata Auf Rugate

 

A. Vivaldi

Amor hai vinto

 

J. D. Zelenka

Magnificat in D

PRESS

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Review Ariadne auf Naxos by G. Benda

 

 

 

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Review of the Tis now dead Night CD - to read more click on the image

 

 

Reis van de heldin magazine interview with Michal Bitan

 

 

 

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Bruno Gatinet from chicago3media interviews Michal Bitan

 

 

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Braband Dagblaad

 

 

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Review of T.R.A.S.H. - to read more click on the image

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Future projects

 

September 2023

Filosofen in de Muziek

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano
João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Performance:

September 8, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

November 2023

De basviolist in Wörgl

Commedia del'Arte van Michael Haydn

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano

Iris Bouman, Mezzo-Soprano

João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Rachel Farr, Dance

Katja Pitelina, Transverse Flute

Giorgos Samoilis, Violin

Cecilia Baesso, Violin

María Sánchez Ramírez, Cello

Performance:

November 26, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

April 2024

Paradise Lost

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano

João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Katja Pitelina, Transverse Flute

Giorgos Samoilis, Violin

Cecilia Baesso, Violin

María Sánchez Ramírez, Cello

Performance:

November 26, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

June 2024

Double Espresso

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano

João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Katja Pitelina, Transverse Flute

Giorgos Samoilis, Violin

Cecilia Baesso, Violin

María Sánchez Ramírez, Cello

Performance:

November 26, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Past projects

 

November 2022

De basviolist in Wörgl

Commedia del'Arte van Michael Haydn

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano

Iris Bouman, Mezzo-Soprano

João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Rachel Farr, Dance

Katja Pitelina, Transverse Flute

Giorgos Samoilis, Violin

Cecilia Baesso, Violin

María Sánchez Ramírez, Cello

Performance:

November 6, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

October 2022

Songs of Hope

The musical story of the immigrant communities

in 17th century Amsterdam

Ensemble La Voz Humana

Michal Bitan, Soprano

Galit Zadok, Recorder & dulcian

Saartje Schrage, Viola da Gamba & Recorder

Julie Stalder, Treble Viol & Viola da Gamba

Punto Bawono, Baroque guitar

Performances:

October 2, 17:00, Diensten Centrum Copernicus

Octoberber 9, 15:00, Keerpunt Klassiek, Spijkerboor, Drenthe

 

January 2023

"Romans, Countrymen, and Lovers"

muziek van Händel & Caldara

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano

João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Rachel Farr, Dance

Katja Pitelina, Transverse Flute

Giorgos Samoilis, Violin

Cecilia Baesso, Violin

María Sánchez Ramírez, Cello

Performance:

January 15, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

May 2022

„Zelfs de waarheid kan liegen“

Muziek van Monteverdi, Carissimi & Caldara, en poëzie van Milton & Shakespeare

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano

Iris Bouman, Mezzo-Soprano

João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Rachel Farr, Dance

Katja Pitelina, Transverse Flute

Giorgos Samoilis, Violin

Cecilia Baesso, Violin

María Sánchez Ramírez, Cello

Performance:

May 14, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

May 2022

Filosofen in de Muziek

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano
João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Performance:

May 15, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

March 2022

J.S.Bach BWV 244

Matthäus Passion

Cantus Kamerkoor, Orion Barok, Kindsingers

o.l.v. Sietse van Wijgerden

Michal Bitan, Soprano

Performance:

March 26, 19:30, Grote Kerk, Vianen

 

February 2022

Ariadne auf Naxos

Melodrama van Georg Benda

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano
João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Performance:

February 27, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

November 2021

O Solitude!

Fragments of isolation

met muziek van Monteverdi en Purcell

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano
João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Performance:

November 21, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

Cantatedienst

J.S.Bach BWV 49

"Ich geh und suche mit verlangen."

Orion Barok o.l.v. Sietse van Wijgerden

Michal Bitan, Soprano

Service:

November 7, Koepelkerk, Arkel

November 14, Hervormd kerk, Sleeuwijk

 

September 2021

Cantatedienst

Ravenscroft & Blow

"The heavens and the firmament"

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano

João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Service:

September 26, 10.30, Maranathakerk, Den Haag

 

Songs of Hope

The musical story of the immigrant communities

in 17th century Amsterdam

Ensemble La Voz Humana

Michal Bitan, Soprano

Ana Vasić, Baroque violin

Galit Zadok, Recorder & dulcian

Valeria Sanchez, Violone

Punto Bawono, Baroque guitar

Performances:

September 3, Synagoge Delft

September 5, 16:30, Luther Museum, Amsterdam

September 18, 12:30, 13:30, 15:30, & 16:30, Jean Pesijnhof, Leiden

 

August 2021

Quarantaine Eiland

Musical journey on location @ the Port of Rotterdam

OPERA2DAY & O.

Muzikale leiding: Hernán Schvartzman

Regie: Davy Pieters

Dramaturgie: Tobias Kokkelmans

Kostuums: Sara Hakkenberg

Performances:

August 25-29, Quarantaineterrein Heijplaat, Rotterdam

 

May 2019

Gecensureerd!

Theatrale cantate Enée et Didon

met balets en instrumentale muziek van Leclair en Barrière

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano
João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Performance:

May 12, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

February 2019

Double Espresso

Bach:  Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211
Nicolas Bernier: Le Caffé

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Soprano
João Luis Paixão, Baritone

Performance:

February 3, 11:00, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

December 2018

Melodrama: Ariadne auf Naxos
Composer: G. Benda
Libretto: J. C. Brandes
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Ariadne
João Luis Paixão, Theseus

Performance:

December 9,  Lutherse Kerk, Groningen

 

Lutherse Kerstmis

J.S. Bach: BWV 243a Magnificat in Es

Michal Bitan, Sopraan

Choir and Orchestra of the Domcantorij, Domkerk, Utrecht

o.l.v. Remco de Graas

Performance:

Deceember 24, Domkerk, Utrecht

 

November 2018

Melodrama: Ariadne auf Naxos
Composer: G. Benda
Libretto: J. C. Brandes
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Ariadne
João Luis Paixão, Theseus

Performance:

November 4, 11.00, Koninklijk Schouwburg, The Hague

 

J.S. Bach: BWV 140, BWV 61

Michal Bitan, Sopraan

Choir and Orchestra of the Domcantorij, Domkerk, Utrecht

o.l.v. Remco de Graas

Performance:

November 24, Domkerk, Utrecht

 

September 2018

Missa: Assumpta est Maria

Michal Bitan, Sopraan

Choir and Orchestra of the Domcantorij, Domkerk, Utrecht

o.l.v. Remco de Graas

Performance:

September 15, Domkerk, Utrecht

 

'Tis now dead Night' @ Hofboerderij Concerten
A Dialogue on a Kiss early music ensemble

Michal Bitan, soprano

Earl Christy, lute

Performance:

September 23, 12.00, Hofboerderij, Wateringen

 

August 2018

Summer Academy for Historical Acting

August 13-23, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden

 

June 2018

Project Amerikaanse Muziek (II)

Leonard Bernstein & Morton Feldman

Michal Bitan, Sopraan

Francesco Giusti, Countertenor

Lorena Garcia Fernandez, Viola

Paul van Roemburg, Celesta

Maarten van den Bijlaard & Herman Hakewijn, Slagwerk

Jan Hage, Orgel

Choir and Orchestra of the Domcantorij, Domkerk, Utrecht

o.l.v. Remco de Graas

Performance:

June 9, Domkerk, Utrecht

 

Cantatadienst

J.S. Bach & J. H. Rolle

Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

June 17, Maranathakerk, The Hague

 

April 2018
'Tis now dead Night' @ Dolce & Soave concerten
A Dialogue on a Kiss early music ensemble

Michal Bitan, soprano

Earl Christy, lute

Performance:

April 22, 14.00, Adventskerk, Zoetermeer

 

March 2018

F. Couperin: Leçons de ténèbres

Michal Bitan & Mariana Pimenta, soprano

Marit Broekroeloft, viola da Gamba

Jan Hage, Orgel

Performance:

March 24, Domkerk, Utrecht

 

J.S. Bach: Matthäus Passion BWV 244

Choir and Orchestra of the Domcantorij, Domkerk, Utrecht

o.l.v. Remco de Graas

Evangelist - Eric Jansen 
Christus - Ken Gould 
Sopraan (Ancilla, Uxor Pilati) - Michal Bitan 
Alt (Testis 1) - Lester Lardenoye 
Tenor (Testis 2) - Matthew Smith 
Bas (Judas, Petrus, Pontifex) - Igor Bogaert 

Performance:

March 17, Domkerk, Utrecht

 

 J. S. Bach: Johannes Passion BWV 245
Overbacher Kammerchor
Cappella Sidonia
Kerry Jago - Leitung
Michal Bitan (Israel) - Soprano
Maarja Purga (Estland) - Alto
Edward Ross (England) - Tenor
João Veloso Paixão (Portugal) - Bass

Performances:

March 10, 19:30, St. Marien Düren
March, 11, 17:00 Uhr, Klosterkirche Haus Overbach

 

February 2018

'Tis now dead Night' @ Maranathakerk, The Hague
A Dialogue on a Kiss early music ensemble

Michal Bitan, soprano

Earl Christy, lute

Performance:

February 25, 17.00, Maranathakerk, The Hague

 

'Tis now dead Night' @ Musica Antica da Camera
A Dialogue on a Kiss early music ensemble

Michal Bitan, soprano

Earl Christy, lute

Performance:

February 15, , Paleiskerk, The Hague

 

Melodrama: Ariadne auf Naxos
Composer: G. Benda
Libretto: J. C. Brandes
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Ariadne
João Luis Paixão, Theseus

Performance:

February 2, Pro Rege, Rotterdam

 

January 2018

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

January 7, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

Melodrama: Ariadne auf Naxos
Composer: G. Benda
Libretto: J. C. Brandes
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Ariadne
João Luis Paixão, Theseus

Performance:

January 21, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

December 2017

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

December 21, Theater Aachen, Aachen

December 27, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

November 2017

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

November 24, Theater Aachen, Aachen

October 2

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

October 12, Theater Aachen, Aachen

October 17, Theater Aachen, Aachen

October 31, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

Zangers en Acteurs
Composer: G. Benda
Libretto: J. C. Brandes
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Ariadne
João Luis Paixão, Theseus

Performance:

October 29, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag

 

September 2017

What's New? FROM SPEECH TO SINGING
@ OudeMuziek Festival Utrecht
Lecture demonstration: João Paixão

Jörn Boysen, fortepiano
Michal Bitan, soprano & declamation

September 3, TivoliVredenburg, Hertz, Utrecht

Melodrama: Ariadne auf Naxos
Composer: G. Benda
Libretto: J. C. Brandes
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Ariadne
João Luis Paixão, Theseus

Performance:

September 10 (Lecture demonstration!), Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten

September 17, 15.30, Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten

 

June 2017

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

June 5, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

Telemanns Vuur
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, soprano

João Luis Paixão, baritone

Performance:
June 9, Pro Rege, Rotterdam

June 11, Koninklijk Schouwburg, The Hague

 

 

May 2017

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

May 1, Theater Aachen, Aachen

May 7, Theater Aachen, Aachen

May 21, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

April 2017

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

April 2, Theater Aachen, Aachen

April 17, Theater Aachen, Aachen

April 29, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

March 2017

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

March 4, Theater Aachen, Aachen

March 23, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

'Tis now dead Night' CD PRESENTATION
A Dialogue on a Kiss early music ensemble

Michal Bitan, soprano

Earl Christy, lute

Performance:

March 11, 16.00, The American Protestant Church, The Hague
March 17, 20.00, Oude-Katholieke kerk, Delft

 

February 2017
Melodrama: Ariadne auf Naxos
Composer: G. Benda
Libretto: J. C. Brandes
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Ariadne
João Luis Paixão, Theseus

Performance:

February 5, 11.00, Koninklijk Schouwburg, The Hague
February 5, 15.00, Koninklijk Schouwburg, The Hague

 

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

February 12, Theater Aachen, Aachen

February 17, Theater Aachen, Aachen

February 24, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

Ovidius' Metamorphosis in de Franse Cantatas
The Consort of 18th Century Harmony

Michal Bitan, soprano
João Paixao, baritone
Pawel Miczka, violin
Evan Buttar, cello
João Carlos Santos, traverso
Fernando Aguado, harpsichord

Performance:

Februari 19, 16.00, Museum Vlaardingen

 

January 2017

Fiddler on the roof @ Theater Aachen
Music: Jerry Bock

Conductor: Justus Thorau
Stage Director: Ewa Teilmans
Set and costume: Andreas Becker
Choreography: Hakan T. Aslan
Dramaturgy: Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck

Role: Chava

January 7, Theater Aachen, Aachen

January 20, Theater Aachen, Aachen

January 31, Theater Aachen, Aachen

 

Melodrama: Ariadne auf Naxos
Composer: G. Benda
Libretto: J. C. Brandes
Musica Poëtica o.l.v. Jörn Boysen

Michal Bitan, Ariadne
João Luis Paixão, Theseus

Performance:

January 27, Pro Rege, Rotterdam

 

THE WELL- TEMPERED SINGER

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Is music keeping drama back?

29-Jan / Eternal Dilemma-Historical Acting-NERD ALERT! / 2 COMMENTS

  Reading the chapter of Acting from Gilbert Austin’s Chironomia, I came across these lines that caught my attention about the challenges of portraying tragedy in opera. “The opera, which adds the power of music to the grandest tragic subjects, in order to awaken pity and terror… is the utmost ...

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A year with Ariadne

22-Jan / Historical Acting-Koninklijke Schouwburg Den Haag-MUSICA POËTICA / 1 COMMENTS

  Yesterday I was happy to be back playing Ariadne, in Benda’s Melodrama Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Theater in The Hague, as part of the concert series with Musica Poëtica conducted by Jörn Boysen. Coming back to this role again and again reminds me of Heraclitus’ argument “You ...

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Putting the jigsaw puzzle back together

15-Jan / 0 COMMENTS

  Yesterday I’ve been reading once more the introduction by Michael Chabon to The Wes Anderson Collection by Matt Zoller Seitz. This is a book I got two Christmases ago from a very good friend, and which I’ve dived into quite a few times. If you get your hands on ...

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5 TOUR TIPS

19-Jun / 1 COMMENTS

I came back home last evening from my last Europe tour performance of the season with Andre Rieu and the Johan Strauss orchestra. Man, I cannot stress how much I’ve learned from being on the road with this generous group of people. Most of them have been touring for years ...

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LIGHTHEARTED AND THANKFUL

12-Jun / THEATER AACHEN / 1 COMMENTS

Last week was our last performance of ANATEVKA for the current season. Since the project meant a lot to me, I was expecting to be at least somewhat heart broken. Therefor I was a bit surprised to find myself lighthearted by the end of the show. I was happy and ...

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SAYING NO

07-Mar / 1 COMMENTS

One of the hardest things I have to do as a freelancer is saying no to a project. If you ever been your own boss, you might know this feeling. You have freedom to dictate your professional path to some extent, but along with that comes the great unknown of ...

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THE TRAIN OF PASSION

29-Jan / Historical Acting-Koninklijke Schouwburg Den Haag-MUSICA POËTICA / 4 COMMENTS

“Thrice happy Genius, whose unrival’d name, Shall live for ever in the voice of Fame! ‘Tis thine to lead, with more than magic skill, The train of captive passions at thy will; To bid the bursting tear spontaneous flow In the sweet sense of sympathetic woe:”   By Robert Lloyd ...

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“IT’S OUT AND IT’S HOT!”

02-Jan / Tis now dead Night CD / 0 COMMENTS

Happy 2017 lovelies! Here’s a great tip for your 2017 wish list (one gotta start on that early): Our ‘Tis now dead Night’ cd is out and available for download through cdbaby.com! At the moment, to buy the physical cd you can contact me via a pm, but soon it ...

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TIS NOW DEAD NIGHT IS HERE

11-Dec / Collaborations-Tis now dead Night CD / 0 COMMENTS

Our ‘Tis now dead Night’ cd has arrived! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everyone who supported our ‘Tis now dead Night’ CD campaign and for helping make it a reality! We are so grateful that you were part of this journey with us.   We’d also ...

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THE MAKING OF A MELODRAMA

05-Dec / Collaborations-Historical Acting-MUSICA POËTICA / 1 COMMENTS

Good Monday people! Our first teaser trailer for “Ariadne auf Naxos” by Chrisiaan de Roo, has finally come out- so I can share it with you all. Working on this piece of music theater has been on my wish list for some time now, so as it develops I’ll try ...

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