Lotte’s Gift
Plays
Friday 12 November 2010, 7:30pm
Information
International classical guitarist Karin Schaupp brings to City Recital Hall Angel Place the courageous story of Lieslotte Reinke in Lotte’s Gift
Friday 12 November, 7.30pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place
International classical guitar sensation Karin Schaupp will take to the City Recital Hall Angel Place stage on Friday 12 November at 7.30pm to present an exquisitely intimate and personal musical play written by award-winning playwright David Williamson that tells the remarkable true story of her grandmother Lieslotte (“Lotte”) Reinke, an exceptional singer with a passion for music and life.
Written especially for Karin Schaupp, Lotte’s Gift is a unique one woman show that tells the gripping life story of Lotte, a confident and talented woman born in Germany in 1921, who seemed destined for a stellar singing career. But because of war and other life events, this destiny did not eventuate.
Presented in conversational format and interspersed with sublime music played by Schaupp at the most poignant moments when music speaks louder than words, Lotte’s Gift is a truly emotive play which is also supported by projected images from the family album and home movie collection.
The musical pieces selected are ones that have many subtle connections to the story and include the heartbreaking Handel aria O Let Me Weep, Pujol’s sweetly childlike Innocent Soul, Cowan’s moving Waltzing Matilda, Houghton’s powerful Stélé, Brahms’ Waltz Op.39, No.15 and many more.
City Recital Hall Angel Place presents
Christine Dunstan’s production of
David Williamson’s
Lotte’s Gift
Written for an performed by Karin Schaupp
Based on the memoirs and recollections of Lieslotte Reinke and the recollections of Isolde and Karin Schaupp and Trudy von Stein
Directed by Aarne Neeme, Design by Graham Maclean, Lighting Design by Nicholas Higgins
Friday 12 November, 7.30pm
Location: City Recital Hall Angel Place, 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney
Tickets: Adult $55, Concession $50 (additional fees may apply)
Bookings: (02) 8256 2222
Venue
City Recital Hall Angel Place @ 2 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW 2000
Price
Tickets: Adult $55, Concession $50 (additional fees may apply)
Bookings
Bookings: (02) 8256 2222