The Treasure Hunter (Der Schatzgräber): Deutsche Oper Berlin
About the Event
Discover a dreamscape set in a world full of greed, murder and emotional instability. Indulge in Schreker's opera in this production by Christof Loy at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Franz Schreker's Der Schatzgräber is one of the most important operas of the 1920s. Its premiere in Frankfurt in 1920 was a sensational success, and no fewer than 44 productions followed at various theatres in the next five years alone. But then it became quiet around the popular work. Schreker's operas no longer seemed to correspond to the spirit of the times, and when the National Socialists banned performances, the scores finally disappeared into the drawers. And even after 1945 it took a long time before a Schreker renaissance began.
Cast / Production
Conductor Marc Albrecht
Stage direction Christof Loy
Set design Johannes Leiacker
Costume design Barbara Drosihn
Light design Olaf Winter
Chorus Director Jeremy Bines
Dramaturge Dorothea Hartmann
The King N. N.
The Queen Eva Maria Neubauer
The chancellor Clemens Bieber
The Count / A Herald Samuel Dale Johnson
The schoolmaster / The mayor Joel Allison
The fool Michael Laurenz
The bailiff Thomas Johannes Mayer
The young nobleman Seth Carico
Elis Daniel Johansson
The scribe Gideon Poppe
The innkeeper Stephen Bronk
Els Elisabet Strid
Albi Patrick Cook
Chorus Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchestra Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
