We’ll never let you down
Doris Hochscheid cello, Mattijs van de Woerd bariton, Frans van Ruth piano, Mirjam Koen & Gerrit Timmer direction
René Samson, Mathilde Wantenaar, Max Knigge music
Cellist Doris Hochscheid is making a new chamber opera together with pianist Frans van Ruth, baritone Mattijs van de Woerd, theater makers from OT-rotterdam Mirjam Koen and Gerrit Timmers. René Samson, Mathilde Wantenaar and Max Knigge wrote the music.
About a wonderful musical talent who suffers from a disease that makes you think of affectation, but which later will be called MS. About the public opinion that accepts fake news from the family as the sensational truth. But especially about the indignation and powerlessness of those who loved Jacqueline du Pré and who stood around her until the last moment.