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Eitan Steinberg and Etty Ben-Zaken: Music-Theater |
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2007 "Naturale" Music-Theater for an actress, viola and percussion Music: Luciano Berio Stage design, stage directing: Etty Ben-Zaken Costumes: Barak Aviam Ben-Zaken's theatrical interpretation of Berio's "Naturale" was created for the Musiktriennale in Koln, Germany, where it accompanied the musical performance of the piece, by Kim Kashkashian (viola) and Robyn Schulkovsky (percussion).
 2007 "The Fool" A miniature opera for voice, viola and percussion Music: Eitan Steinberg Text: Etty Ben-Zaken (English) Stage design, stage directing: Etty Ben-Zaken Costumes: Barak Aviam A chamber version of "The Fool who Loved Singing," created for Etty Ben-Zaken (voice), Kim Kashkashian (viola) and Robyn Schulkovsky (percussion). Premiered at the Musiktriennale in Koln, Germany, and recorded by the German WDR radio.
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 2004 Stabat Mater - a Human Prayer Music-Theater for singer/actress, string quartet and a sound track Music: Eitan Steinberg Text: Etty Ben-Zaken, with two folk songs and excerpts from the Latin hymn (English, Arabic, Hebrew, Ladino, Latin) Stage design, stage directing, fabric collage: Etty Ben-Zaken Costumes: Margalit Ben-Zaken Arabic translation: Gasan Jammal Lighting design: Hanni Vardi Stabat Mater - a Human Prayer moves on from the medieval Christian hymn to a contemporary interpretation about motherly bereavement and the loss of sons in war. This Music-Theater includes only two excerpts from the Latin hymn, and uses texts in Hebrew, Arabic, English and Ladino. All these are tied together by an original tale, telling of loss and mourning, healing and hope. Stabat Mater - a Human Prayer was commissioned by and premiered at the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee, Israel (August 2004). Additional support: the Jehoshua Rabinowitz Tel Aviv Foundation for the Arts. Performers: Etty Ben-Zaken and the Israeli Contemporary Quartet. US premier: Etty Ben-Zaken and ensemble Mallarme, North Carolina (March 2006). European premier: Etty Ben-Zaken and Ensemble Orchestrautopica, Lisbon, Portugal (October 2007).
 2002 The Sultan is Pregnant Music-Theater for singer/actress and 7 instruments Music: Eitan Steinberg Text: Etty Ben-Zaken (English, Hebrew, Arabic) Stage design, stage directing: Etty Ben-Zaken Costumes: Margalit Ben-Zaken Arabic translation: Gasan Jammal Lighting design: Uri Rubinstein With the help of a witty olive-tree spirit, the sultan's concubine succeeds in making the mighty ruler pregnant! After giving birth, the cruel man is transformed, and his kingdom is changed in unexpected ways... This story, which easily switches from the tragic to the comic and from the innocent to the erotic, is part of Ben-Zaken's second novel "What's Written Above". Steinberg's musical inspirations are drawn from Western Early music and from Arabic folk and classical music. The Sultan is Pregnant was commissioned by and premiered at the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee (July 2002) with Etty Ben-Zaken (singer/actress) and the festival's ensemble conducted by Eitan Steinberg. American premiere: Etty Ben-Zaken (singer/actress) and ensemble Boston Musica Viva, conducted by Richard Pittman, Boston (October 2004).
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 1995 Princess of Five Faces Music-Theater for singer/actress and 7 instruments Music: Eitan Steinberg Text: Etty Ben-Zaken (inspired by "Dictionary of the Khazars" by Milorad Pavic) Stage design, stage directing, masks: Etty Ben-Zaken Costumes: Margalit Ben-Zaken Assistant director: Sigal Fishtein Lighting design: Felice Ross Princess Ateh had the ability of changing her face, and so does the singer/actress in this show: using spectacular large masks, Ben-Zaken plays the princess, her master the Khazar Kaghan, and her forbidden lover. The entire stage transforms into a ritual place when a huge circle of salt is poured on it during the show. Princess of Five Faces was premiered as part of the Voice of Music Festival in Upper Galilee (July 1995) by vocalist Etty Ben-Zaken, Eyal Lerner - recorders, Shmuel Katz - violin, Avri Levitan - viola, Yagi Malka - cello, Danny Akiva - guitar, Chen Cimbalista and Yuval Micenmacher - percussion. It was also performed in Jerusalem, as part of "Phenomena - The International Festival of Performance" (Aug.1996).
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 1995 Blue With Tail Music-Video for 4 actors, vocalist and music ensemble Scriptwriter, Director: Marit Benisrael Music: Eitan Steinberg Based on poems by: Dalia Rabikovitch, E.E. Cummings, Pinhas Sadeh Cinematographer: Nili Aslan Editor: Uri Doshi Cast: Sharon Aviv, Dalit Lior, Moshe Vardi, Etty Ben Zakan Production Company: Set Productions, Ltd. Blue With Tail is a 28 minutes-long video film, which brings together dance-theater, visual arts, music and poetry. The film was created with the support of The National Council for Culture and the Arts, the Film Project of the Yehoshua Rabinowitz Foundation, The Jerusalem Foundation, and Beit Berl. Blue With Tail was screened, among other venues, in the Jerusalem International Film Festival (July 1996), and at the Tel-Aviv cinemateque (July 1996).
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 1992 The Face Dance of Eve Music-Video for one actress, a singer and 4 instruments Scriptwriter & Director: Marit Benisrael Music: Eitan Steinberg Actress: Marit Benisael Cinematographer: Nili Aslan Musicians: Etty Ben-Zaken (vocalist), Michael Melzer (piccolo), Miri Ben-Ari (violin), Yael Shahar (viola), Chagit Glazer (cello). The Face Dance of Eve is a playful poetic video film, based on the biblical story and designed upon the inspiration of medieval arts. The film was created with the support of The Jerusalem Foundation and was screened, among other venues, in the Jerusalem Cinemateque (March 1993), The Tel-Aviv Museum of Art (July 1993), The Yanko Dada Museum in Ein-Hod and in "Zionists of America" house, Tel Aviv. |
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