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Guns N' Rosenkavalier is a genre-busting fusion of an art song recital and a rock concert—truly the love child of Franz Schubert and Lady Gaga! This exhilarating performance promises a riot of rule-breaking, genre-bending fun, featuring arrangements that span from Metallica to Schubert, Springsteen to Strauss, and Madonna to Brahms.
BAND
Andrew Wilkowske, guitar & vocals
Lara Bolton, keyboards & vocals
-special guest artists have included Genghis Barbie horn quartet, KrisAnne Weiss, mezzo- soprano and Siri Vik, soprano
Ich grolle nicht - Schumann
photo credit: Michael Yeshion
DURATION
60-120 minutes (flexible set length)
CREATIVE TEAM:
Arrangements: Andrew WIlkowske, John Glover, Lara Bolton
English Lyrics: Kelley Rourke
COMMISSION/PREMIERE
Milwaukee Opera Theater, February 2013
OTHER PERFORMANCES
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY
Mill City Summer Opera, Minneapolis, MN
5 Boroughs Music Festival, Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY
Honey Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Opera (streaming)
Madison Opera (streaming)
Eugene Opera
Sheldon Theater, Red Wing, MN
PRESS FROM THE PREMIERE
“Here, songs by Van Halen, Queen, Springsteen and Madonna seemed happy beside Brahms, Faure and Schumann.”
Shepherd Express, March 26, 2013
“Milwaukee Opera Theater’s Guns N’ Rosenkavalier was a smashing success, with multiple fusions of art song and rock song...The very first song offered the perfect example: Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” performed solo by Wilkowske and his explosively vibrant voice.”
Third Coast Digest, March 23, 2013
“...it takes serious musical chops to fill an evening with tongue-in-cheek deliveries of the sort Wilkowske offered. He and Genghis Barbie clearly had not only the chops to pull it all off, but the theatrical sense to work the room and keep it all funny - very funny.”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 24, 2013