Writing
„If a story is in you, it has to come out.``
William Faulkner
Cornelius Baltus gift of being able to write started to appear between his 12th and 17th year and resulted in a series of dutch poetry. Some of his early poems have already been published.
With his move to Amsterdam his writing skill was put to sleep but was kissed awake in 2013.
After the huge success of his version of Dance of the Vampires in St. Petersburg/Russia the General Manager of the Muzikal Comedy Theatre Yuri Schwartzkopf recognised his talent and ordered a new original production from him.
He wanted him to create an operetta production. Not being familiar with operetta it meant a new step and discovery in the career of Cornelius Baltus. So far his main emphasis had been directing musical theatre.
After weeks of research he discovered a nearly forgotten work of Ralph Benatzky named “Axel an der Himmelstür”. A show originated for Zarah Leander and premiered in 1936 in the historical Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The Hans Pero Verlag and Helga Benatzky gave him the permission to make an adaptation and so he created and wrote a new show called Hollywood Diva.
Together with composer Adrian Werum (additional compositions and lyrics) Cornelius Baltus, with a team of international experienced creatives, created a tight, witty show – it had the speed of a musical but the lightness and wittiness of an operetta. It seemed a perfect combination and the result was his second Golden Mask Award in the category Musical/Operetta Best Production of Russia 2016. Through this incredible reward, comparable to the American Tony Awards, he understood that writing is also an intensive creative process. And to get the assurance that you can create something exceptional made him understand that he should continue writing.
In 2020 he started to write a set of modern fairytales with titles like “The Cloud Jumper”, “The Fairytale of the Old Apple Lady” and “The Fairytale of Lion the Lion and Sunny Swan”. All these stories are exceptionally illustrated by award winning artist Kathinka Gunn und were published in 2021.
Cornelius Baltus is currently working on a new collection of fairy tales, which is expected to be published by the end of 2026.
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