MEDIA

“[Of all operatic pieces about Kepler] EARTHRISE is the one tying all ends into the most multi-layered and coherent theatrical entity… Taken as a whole, EARTHRISE succeeds in the rare feat of transcribing historical elements and fantasy into meaningful stage drama, an original creation adopting its own expressive tools while staying true to its sources. Wrought of its seemingly diverse original materials, EARTHRISE results in profoundly organic artistic unity, a music theater work keeping its audience engaged from the very outset to long after the final double-bar.”
- Jari Juhani Kallio, Adventures in Music / Rondo Magazine

“How to turn natural science into a compelling stage work and an opera of sorts is an impossible puzzle to which the team of Barrière–Egecioglu–Henriksson–Koskinen offered a solution. This is the Gesamtkunstwerk for our time, where different themes and time levels were tied together. I must say: successfully. This was the best Barrière staging I've seen so far, and Koskinen's best musical creation.“
- Eero Tarasti, Amfion

“The appropriately sharp humor hits its mark and audience makes the text their own… EARTHRISE is a work of civilization.”
- Jari Hoffrén, Elementori

“Fresh and difficult to define… I am considering whether I should see it again.”