Portraits after Rock the Opera

Sabina was next on her own. She is a Czech-Dutch singer and lives in Prague.

Lucie also lives in Prague.

Giusy had made the first contact. She is from Italy and lives in Naples.

Giacomo is Italian as well, and he sings with Rhapsody of Fire.

Sabina then wanted pictures with Jiri, the guitarist that evening, and Giusy joined them. Jiri lives in Prague and plays with many other bands.

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Setlist Part 1:

• One Vision
• Seven Seas of Rhye
• Here I go again
• I Surrender
• Echoes
• Hush
• Beethoven 5th symp//4th movement
• Another brick in the wall

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Three special exceptional female voices provide the connection between two seemingly incompatible worlds. Together with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and drummer František Hönig, who performed with Frank Zappa, they lead the audience into a world of music in which everything is possible. The singers for the show at the Alte Oper where in alphabetical order Giacomo Voli, Giusy Ferrigno, Lucie Koutníková, Sabina Olijve and they where accompanied by Jiri Rambousek on the guitar.

Setlist Part 2:

• Don’t stop me now
• Wind of Change
• Jump
• Paranoid
• Under Pressure
• Enter Sandman
• Highway Star
• Comfortably Numb
• Smoke on the Water
• Highway to Hell

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After a short welcome and speech by the managing director of PASS Events GmbH, Ms. Fernau-Rienecker, the musicians around Miki Kekenj came on stage and played part of a symphony by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as an intro. In her speech, Ms. Fernau-Rienecker mentioned that two additional singers would accompany Stefanie in the first part of the concert, especially for Frankfurt, and that she would be supported in the second part by members of her band, Pat Fa (drums) and Ephraim Salzmann (percussion and hammered dulcimer). Both musicians have been accompanying her for years and have become very good friends. But back to the concert itself. First, Color of my Heart was played, with the ensemble starting and Stefanie then walking over to her bar stool-like chair while singing. A very nice start to the evening. What was special was that Miki and Stefanie always talked a little after each song, sometimes seriously, sometimes joking with each other, and always saying something about the next song. After the first song, she also greeted the audience and expressed how happy and honored she was to be able to sing this concert in such a setting as the Alte Oper. However, she also admitted that she was not yet completely relaxed after the first song. She also apologized to the audience in advance for turning around to face the ensemble, because she found it so fascinating to be accompanied by them and wanted to watch the musicians play, which prompted Miki to suggest that she might need a swivel chair for the next concert. The second song was Not at All, Stefanie’s first request for the concert series. The clarinetist played a humorous role with her interpretation. For the next song, the clarinetist, violinist, and violist sang along, creating a vocal sextet. The fifth song of the evening, I Don’t Know How to Hurt You, began with a very beautiful cello intro, and Labyrinth, the last track before the intermission, featured an intro from a famous 80s series, which will not be revealed here, but was immediately recognizable. This was followed by a 30-minute intermission.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] After the break, Pat and Ephraim joined them on stage. Ephraim had spent the break fine-tuning his hammered dulcimer to ensure everything was perfect. It was immediately apparent that the second half would be a little less subdued, not only because of the drums, but also because the double bass player had switched to an electric bass. They played Shadows, for which Stefanie stood with the two singers for the first time and several audience members jumped up to dance. This was followed by Bigger and You Get Me, before Pat took a break for Little Universe. Here she showed how powerful her voice is and how long she can hold a note, which was extremely impressive and led to long applause. The next song was announced with “This would be a moment, I know it’s comfortable, but standing is better.” It was In the End, which really did get everyone out of their seats, clapping and dancing along. It was an atmosphere that you rarely see at the Alte Oper. After Best Life, the second half came to an end and the musicians left the stage to thunderous applause and calls for an encore. An encore was then given, which was announced with a smile as an improvisation. It was All We Need Is Love, where the audience was also involved and asked to sing the chorus, which worked very well. At the end, the now customary pop/rock crowd photo was taken, even though Stefanie said, “I know you don’t do that in classical music, but I’d like to take a photo with you for my diary.” And so, after more than two hours, a wonderful evening came to an end. The concert series will continue on January 26 in Bremen without Pat and Ephraim.

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