Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Marlene Gaßner

Caesonia

Klaus Wegener

2nd poet

Set designer

Martina Segna

Conductor

Clemens Fieguth

Baritone

Ralf Lukas

Caligula

Andreas Wolf

Costume designer

Frank Lichtenberg

Chorus master

Jens Petereit

Stage director

Dirk Schmeding

Video designer

Andreas Günther

Dramaturge

Judith Drühe

Oleksandr Pushniak

Bass

Avtandil Kaspeli

Cherea

Contralto

Joanna Jaworowska

Scipio

Tenor

Alexander Günther

Mucius

Uwe Schenker-Primus

Merea

Daniel Nicholson

Lepidus

Soprano

Ylva Sofia Stenberg

Livia

Andreas Koch

1st poet

Nathaniel Kondrat

3rd poet

Detlef Koball

4th poet

Julia Gromball

Jelena Kordić

Countertenor

Gerben van der Werf

Helicon

Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar

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Opernchor des Deutschen Nationaltheaters Weimar

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Staatskapelle Weimar

German

Weimar

Germany

Deutsches Nationaltheater

Großes Haus

Caligula Glanert

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A loved one dies and the whole world falls apart - that's exactly what happens to the young Roman emperor Caligula. The death of his beloved sister Drusilla throws the young ruler off balance. What follows is an attempt to make the impossible possible and to impose a new logic on the world based on its own truth. This reads: "People die and are not happy". In order to repeatedly emphasize his conviction of this absurdity of life and to assert himself against it as a truly free and independent human being, Caligula sacrifices innumerable human lives in senseless arbitrariness. His hopeful reign lasted only four years from 37-41 AD, which culminated in tyranny and finally ended with his assassination.

Detlef Glanert wrote his opera, which premiered in 2006, based on the drama of the same name, Albert Camus. With the help of the music, Glanert looks directly into Caligula's unbalanced soul. The orchestra itself functions as a "body that has become music" through which we can look into Caligula's inner world and also perceive the other protagonists through his eyes and ears.

Dirk Schmeding began his theater career as an assistant director at DNT and is now returning to Weimar as an internationally sought-after director.

English

Caligula by Glanert, From (2022/2023), Directed by Dirk Schmeding,, Conductor Clemens Fieguth, Andreas Wolf, Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar, Germany

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