PRESS RELEASE | 09. August 2023

Premiere: children’s opera Hijangua.A Journey into the Desert

Hijangua. A Journey into the Desert  is an adaptation for children from 6 years of the first Namibian opera, Chief Hijangua. It is produced especially for the Humboldt Forum and features singers from Namibia, dancers and a chamber ensemble of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. A narrator guides the audience through Namibia’s nature, history and world of myths. The opera’s composer will conduct the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

 

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Premiere: children’s opera Hijangua. A Journey into the Desert
Press Release I Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
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Rehearsal photo Chief Hijangua Namibia Opera Windhoek 2022
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Rehearsal photo Chief Hijangua Namibia Opera Windhoek 2022
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Set photos with animal puppets for "Hijangua – A Journey into the Desert" (Children's Opera Namibia)
© Momentbühne e.V./ Foto: Kim Mira Meyer
Set photos with animal puppets for "Hijangua – A Journey into the Desert" (Children's Opera Namibia)
© Momentbühne e.V./ Foto: Kim Mira Meyer
Set photos with animal puppets for "Hijangua – A Journey into the Desert" (Children's Opera Namibia)
© Momentbühne e.V./ Foto: Kim Mira Meyer
Set photos with animal puppets for "Hijangua – A Journey into the Desert" (Children's Opera Namibia)
© Momentbühne e.V./ Foto: Kim Mira Meyer