Name: Lessons in Love and Violence
Start: 2024-06-13
End: 2024-06-13
Location: Theater Ulm

Organization

Conductor

Panagiotis Papadopoulos

Stage director

Kay Metzger

Set designer

Petra Mollérus

Ulm Theater

Nikolai Petersen

Repetiteur

Lighting designer

Johannes Grebing

Dramaturge

Christian Stolz

Assistant Stage Director

Eli Eisenmann

Singer

Baritone

Dae-Hee Shin

King

Soprano

Maria Rosendorfsky

Isabel

Martin Gäbler

Gaveston

Traveler

Tenor

Markus Francke

Mortimer

Joshua Spink

Young King

Maryna Zubko

Witness 1

Singer 1

Woman 1

Mezzo-soprano

I-Chiao Shih

Witness 2

Singer 2

Woman 2

Bass-baritone

J. Emanuel Pichler

Witness 3

Madman

Orchestra

Philharmonische Orchester der Stadt Ulm

engleză

Lessons in Love and Violence

Germany

Theater Ulm

Großes Haus

Public

germană

Approved

Olivier Messiaen once attested to his student George Benjamin (*1960) a talent similar to that of the young Mozart. Today Benjamin is one of the most original and most respected composers of our time.

His latest opera, »Lessons in Love and Violence«, is a royal drama about power and passion. The nameless ruler gives in to his lover Gaveston and neglects his people. General Mortimer seizes the opportunity to climb the ladder of power himself and eliminates first Gaveston, then the king. But Mortimer underestimates his descendant: the monarch's son has learned his lessons in love and violence...

After »Written on Skin«, artistic director Kay Metzger continues his examination of the work of George Benjamin. »Lessons in Love and Violence«, which premiered in London in 2018, is a balancing act »between earthy emotionality and angelic purity« (New York Times). The libretto by Martin Crimp tells with Shakespearean force and psychological sophistication about the struggle for scepter and crown, greed and desires, burning longings, which have cruel consequences for those involved.

English

Eine ähnlich große Begabung wie dem jungen Mozart bescheinigte Olivier Messiaen einst seinem Studenten George Benjamin (*1960). Heute zählt Benjamin zu den originellsten und meistbeachteten Komponisten der Gegenwart.

Dessen neueste Oper, »Lessons in Love and Violence«, ist ein Königsdrama um Macht und Leidenschaft. Der namenlose Herrscher gibt sich seinem Liebhaber Gaveston hin und vernachlässigt sein Volk. Heerführer Mortimer nutzt die Gelegenheit, selbst die Leiter der Macht zu erklimmen und beseitigt erst Gaveston, dann den König. Doch Mortimer unterschätzt dessen Nachfahre: Der Sohn des Monarchen hat seine Lektionen in Liebe und Gewalt gelernt ...

Nach »Written on Skin« setzt Intendant Kay Metzger seine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Werk George Benjamins fort. »Lessons in Love and Violence«, 2018 in London uraufgeführt, ist ein Balanceakt »zwischen erdiger Emotionalität und engelsgleicher Reinheit« (New York Times). Das Libretto von Martin Crimp erzählt mit Shakespearscher Wucht und psychologischer Raffinesse vom Ringen um Zepter und Krone, Gier und Begierden, brennenden Sehnsüchten, welche für die Beteiligten grausame Konsequenzen haben.

Deutsch

Lessons in Love and Violence by Benjamin, Joi 13 Iun. 2024, De la (2024/2024), Regizat de către Kay Metzger,, Dirijor Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Nikolai Petersen, Theater Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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