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Die Frau ohne Schatten
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- Date Thursday, 30/January/2025 18:00 (5 more dates)
- Venue Deutsche Oper Berlin
- Address Bismarckstraße 35, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg
- Price from €32.10
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Die Frau ohne Schatten
Die Frau ohne Schatten – Stan Hema
© Stan Hema
Hofmannsthal wrote to Strauss in 1911 that the new opera was to ZAUBERFLÖTE as the ROSENKAVALIER was to FIGARO. And indeed, much in this work is reminiscent of Mozart's "grand opera": the encounter between different social classes, the fairytale-like plot charged with high symbolic value, but above all the awareness of an elementary turning point in time that calls the previous order into question. And here, as there, realisation is only achieved through difficult trials ... Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: Tobias Kratzer; With David Butt Philip, Jane Archibald, Marina Prudenskaya, Jordan Shanahan, Catherine Foster and others.
About the workAccording to Hugo von Hofmannsthal in a 1911 letter to Richard Strauss, in which he set out his idea for another collaboration between the two men, their next opera would be to THE MAGIC FLUTE what THE KNIGHT OF THE ROSE had been to FIGARO. And the work that premiered a full eight years later did indeed have strong echoes of Mozart’s »grand opéra«: there is the clash of different social classes, the fairytale-like, highly symbolic storyline and above all the strong feeling that ground-breaking change is underway which is challenging accepted orthodoxy and forcing issues of human interaction and values to the top of the political agenda. And in both cases enlightenment is gained only through ordeal and adversity. Here the shadow has a pivotal function as a metaphor for female fertility: the barren Empress and her nurse bargain with the dyer’s wife for her shadow. Only when the Empress rebels against achieving marital happiness and maternal contentment at someone else’s expense does a path to social harmony open up.
About the productionTobias Kratzer has chosen this monumental fantasy opera to close his cycle of Strauss works at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Where ARABELLA explores how hard it can be to even start a relationship based on equal rights and INTERMEZZO depicts what can happen in a marriage that has gone stale, in THE WOMAN WITHOUT A SHADOW Kratzer focuses on the challenge of rekindling a bond that has weakened through years of poor nurturing – an approach that extends far beyond the domestic sphere due to the ethical issues surrounding surrogate motherhood.
About the workAccording to Hugo von Hofmannsthal in a 1911 letter to Richard Strauss, in which he set out his idea for another collaboration between the two men, their next opera would be to THE MAGIC FLUTE what THE KNIGHT OF THE ROSE had been to FIGARO. And the work that premiered a full eight years later did indeed have strong echoes of Mozart’s »grand opéra«: there is the clash of different social classes, the fairytale-like, highly symbolic storyline and above all the strong feeling that ground-breaking change is underway which is challenging accepted orthodoxy and forcing issues of human interaction and values to the top of the political agenda. And in both cases enlightenment is gained only through ordeal and adversity. Here the shadow has a pivotal function as a metaphor for female fertility: the barren Empress and her nurse bargain with the dyer’s wife for her shadow. Only when the Empress rebels against achieving marital happiness and maternal contentment at someone else’s expense does a path to social harmony open up.
About the productionTobias Kratzer has chosen this monumental fantasy opera to close his cycle of Strauss works at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Where ARABELLA explores how hard it can be to even start a relationship based on equal rights and INTERMEZZO depicts what can happen in a marriage that has gone stale, in THE WOMAN WITHOUT A SHADOW Kratzer focuses on the challenge of rekindling a bond that has weakened through years of poor nurturing – an approach that extends far beyond the domestic sphere due to the ethical issues surrounding surrogate motherhood.
Artists/Collaborators: Sir Donald Runnicles (Musikalische Leitung), Tobias Kratzer (Inszenierung), Rainer Sellmaier (Bühne, Kostüme), Olaf Winter (Licht), Jonas Dahl (Video), Manuel Braun (Video), Jörg Königsdorf (Dramaturgie), Christian Lindhorst (Kinderchor), Jeremy Bines (Chöre), David Butt Philip (Der Kaiser), Jane Archibald (Die Kaiserin), Marina Prudenskaya (Die Amme), Patrick Guetti (Der Geisterbote), Hye-Young Moon (Ein Hüter der Schwelle des Tempels), Chance Jonas-O'Toole (Erscheinung eines Jünglings), Nina Solodovnikova (Die Stimme des Falken), Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Eine Stimme von oben), Jordan Shanahan (Barak, der Färber), Catherine Foster (Sein Weib), Philipp Jekal (Der Einäugige), Padraic Rowan (Der Einarmige), Thomas Cilluffo (Der Bucklige), Hye-Young Moon (1. Dienerin), Alexandra Oomens (2. Dienerin), Arianna Manganello (3. Dienerin), Hye-Young Moon (Kinderstimmen / Stimmen der Ungeborenen), Alexandra Oomens (Kinderstimmen / Stimmen der Ungeborenen), Lilit Davtyan (Kinderstimmen / Stimmen der Ungeborenen), Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Kinderstimmen / Stimmen der Ungeborenen), Martina Baroni (Kinderstimmen / Stimmen der Ungeborenen), Arianna Manganello (Kinderstimmen / Stimmen der Ungeborenen), Stephen Marsh (Stimmen der Wächter der Stadt), Kyle Miller (Stimmen der Wächter der Stadt), Geon Kim (Stimmen der Wächter der Stadt), Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Kinderchor), Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chor), Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchester)
Runtime: Sun, 26/01/2025 to Tue, 11/02/2025
Introduction in German language - 45 mins before beginning
Alternative events
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Der Rosenkavalier
The Viennese aristocracy are no strangers to family feuds: boorish Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau interrupts the morning tête-à-tête between his cousin, the Marschallin, and her young lover Octavian. moreabout: Der Rosenkavalier
- Date:
- Thursday, 30/January/2025 17:00 (1 more date)
- Venue:
- Staatsoper Unter den Linden
- Address:
- Unter den Linden 7, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €13.20
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La Boheme - Komische Oper Berlin
- Next date:
- La Boheme - Oper von Giacomo Puccini
- Date:
- Friday, 31/January/2025 19:00
- Venue:
- Schiller Theater
- Address:
- Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin
- Price:
- from €49.75
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Der Freischütz - Kleist Forum Frankfurt/Oder
- Next date:
- Der Freischütz
- Date:
- Friday, 31/January/2025 19:30 (1 more date)
- Venue:
- Kleist Forum - Frankfurt (Oder)
- Address:
- Platz der Einheit 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
- Price:
- from €31.00
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Fin de partie
Endgame, game over. With four characters. Hamm and his servants Clov. Hamm’s parents Nagg and Nell. A play with rules, rituals, memories, and words. Words that are sung, which has only been rarely done with Samuel Beckett’s texts. György Kurtág’s opera... moreabout: Fin de partie
- Date:
- Friday, 31/January/2025 19:30 (1 more date)
- Venue:
- Staatsoper Unter den Linden
- Address:
- Unter den Linden 7, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €13.20
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Hänsel und Gretel - Oper von Engelbert Humperdinck
- Date:
- Saturday, 01/February/2025 19:30 (6 more dates)
- Venue:
- Schiller Theater
- Address:
- Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin
- Price:
- from €56.65
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