Edward II: Deutsche Oper Berlin
About the Event
Witness contemporary music theater by Swiss composer Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Christoph Loy stages the newly commissioned work about the tragic figure of Edward II, King of England.
Edward II didn't choose wisely when he befriended Piers de Gaveston, the son of a butcher. While the King presents his former playfellow with power and fiefdoms, the aristocracy plots against the King's favorite and the King himself. Gaveston is murdered, Edward overthrown and brutally killed.
Based on a libretto by Thomas Jonigk, Scartazzini's focus is Edward's role as outsider, also addressing the larger issue of societal views of homosexuality.
Sung in German, with surtitles in German and English.
Cast / Production
Conductor: Thomas Søndergard
Stage Director: Christof Loy
Set Design: Annette Kurz
Costume Design: Klaus Bruns
Lighting: Stefan Bolliger
Choir Master: Raymond Hughes
Dramaturgy: Yvonne Gebauer
Dramaturgy: Dorothea Hartmann
Edward II: Michael Nagy
Isabella: Agneta Eichenholz
Piers de Gaveston: Ladislav Elgr
Roger Mortimer: Andrew Harris
Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry: Burkhard Ulrich
Lightborn: James Kryshak
Angel: John Chest
Soldiers / Counsellors / Clerics: Markus Brück
Soldiers / Counsellors / Clerics: Gideon Poppe
Choir: Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchestra: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
