Name: Der Kaiser von Atlantis & Music for the End of Time
Start: 2022-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Josep Pons

Singer

Baritone

Thomas Johannes Mayer

Emperor Overall

Bass-baritone

Derrick Ballard

The Loudspeaker

Tenor

Oliver Johnston

A soldier

Benjamin Hulett

Harlequin

Soprano

Soraya Mafi

A maiden

Henry Waddington

The Death

Mezzo-soprano

Hanna Hipp

Drummer Girl

Stage director

Kenneth Richardson

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Others

Guildhall School Musicians

Der Kaiser von Atlantis & Music for the End of Time

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

Der Kaiser von Atlantis & Music for the End of Time: Der Kaiser von Atlantis Ullmann (+1 More)

Public

Private

Concert

The Emperor of Atlantis

Quartet for the End of Time

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Extraordinary music written amid the hopelessness of prison and concentration camps that dared to seek the truth – and to hope for better times.

In 1943, Theresienstadt inmates Viktor Ullmann and Peter Kien started to collaborate on a stage work. It would use whatever singers, musicians and instruments were at hand, drawing on styles ranging from jazz and cabaret to Lutheran chorales and grand Czech symphonies. The result was Der Kaiser von Atlantis, a political satire in which Death goes on strike, thwarting the emperor’s plans to maintain his power through endless war. Der Kaiser was quickly quashed when the Nazis saw their own leader in its critique of a petty despot.

Two years earlier, French composer Olivier Messiaen wrote Quartet for the End of Time in a labour camp. It has been described as ‘an intimate expression of awe, a prophetic collective scream and a delirious dance all at once.’ Its closing eulogy expresses the ascent of humankind to paradise.

English

Der Kaiser von Atlantis & Music for the End of Time by Ullmann, Messiaen, From (2022/2022), Directed by Kenneth Richardson,, Conductor Josep Pons, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues