Special Offer! Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Teatro Real
About the Event
Witness history in the making as Viktor Ullmann's Theresienstadt opera, with its echoes of Weil, Hindemith and Viennese Expressionism, premieres at the Teatro Real.
The opera received its world premiere in 1975 — over thirty years after Ullmann's death. The plot, with its cartoon dictator and disobedient Death, summarised by critic John Rockwell as "the abdication of death in the face of life's universal horrors" was judged by the Nazi elite to mock Hitler, and performances within Theresienstadt were banned. Director Gustavo Tambascio, with his vitriolic humor, is sure to produce an acute reading of this macabre satire.
Cast / Production
Musical director: Pedro Halffter
Stage director: Gustavo Tambascio
Set designer: Ricardo Sánchez Cuerda
Costume designer: Jesús Ruiz
Lighting designer: Felipe Ramos
Emperor Overall: Alejandro Marco‐Buhrmester
Loudspeaker: Martin Winkler
Death: Torben Jürgens
Pierrot: Roger Padullés
A soldier: Albert Casals
A maiden: Sonia de Munck
Drummer girl: Ana Ibarra
