Description
large opera
2 hours
text: Helmut Krausser
premiere: April 4, 1997, Munich, Munich Biennale for new music theatre
director: Tilman Knabe, stage design: Alfred Peter, costumes: Kathrin Maurer, lighting: Michael Bauer, with Martina Koppelstetter (Dagny), Wolfgang Wirsching (Nagel/goldsmith/executioner), Charles Maxwell (Aziz/thief), Anne Salvan (Aziza), Claes H. Ahnsjoe (father/Sultan), Päivi Elina (mysterious woman/witch I), Irmgard Vilsmaier (servant I/crowd), Anne Pellekoorne (servant II/witch III), Simone Schneider (singer/crowd), Ruediger Trebes (painter/soldier/crowd), Helena Jungwirth (witch II/crowd), Hans Wilbrink (Imam), Gundula Köster (Dagny/when speaking), Peter Pruchniewitz (Nagel/when speaking ), Monika Manz/ Buelent Kullukcu (guards/doctors/exectutioner's assistants, silent roles), Bayerisches Staatsorchester, conductor: Peter Hirsch