Die Tote Stadt — Korngold at the Komische Oper Berlin
About the Event
Journey through the darkest alleyways of the human psyche to the Dead City in acclaimed director Robert Carsen’s new staging of Erich von Korngold’s most renowned opera. Fast‐rising star soprano Sara Jakubiak sings the dual role of Marie/Marietta, including the composer’s most famous aria, the exquisitely lyrical Glück, das mir verblieb at Berlin’s Komische Oper.
Cast / Production
MUSICAL DIRECTION Ainārs Rubiķis
STAGING Robert Carsen
STAGE DESIGN Michael Levine
COSTÜME Petra Reinhardt
DRAMATURGY Maximilian Hagemeyer
CHORUSDavid Cavelius
CHILDREN’S CHOIR Dagmar Fiebach
LIGHT Peter van Praet, Robert Carsen
PAUL Aleš Briscein
MARIETTA / GHOST OF MARIE Sara Jakubiak
FRANK, PAULS FREUND/FRITZ, DER PIERROT Günter Papendell
BRIGITTA, PAULS HAUSHÄLTERIN Maria Fiselier
JULIETTE, TÄNZERIN Georgina Melville
VICTORIN, DER REGISSEUR Adrian Strooper
GRAF ALBERT Ivan Turšić
Chorsolisten und Kinderchor der Komischen Oper Berlin
