Premiere, Tristan Schulze: Theater an der Wien

Over het evenement

Tristan Schulze's new opera "Premiere" will be performed at the Theater an der Wien, Hölle & Semperdepot.

The foyer of the Theater an der Wien, known as “Hölle” (“hell”). While a premiere is in full swing in the auditorium upstairs, the evening’s real drama unfolds down here where the director of the production sweats it out, anxiously waiting to know if his work is a success.

He hopes, he trembles, he suffers: an emotional roller coaster. The chamber opera Premiere is an ironic portrayal of the rituals, peculiarities and clichés found in the microcosm of opera. But at the same time it never forgets that all the passions, fears and occasional catastrophes remain vital to the lives of those to whom opera means everything.

Director Rainer Vierlinger and dramatic advisor Anton Maria Aigner created the piece especially for the “Hölle”; Tristan Schulze was commissioned to write the music. "Premiere" is a declaration of love for the world of opera and at the same time a humorous self‐reflection: you may laugh.

World premiere
Opera by Tristan Schulze
Libretto by Rainer Vierlinger and Anton Maria Aigner

Conductor & Violoncello: Tristan Schulze
Concept & Director: Rainer Vierlinger
Set & costum desgin: Thekla Naser

Prima Donna / Culture Buff: Ildiko Raimondi
The Director: Erik Årman
The Critic: Markus Butter
Premiere audience: Anna Magdalena Auzinger, Ingala Fortagne, Alice Rath, Wilhelm Spuller and Steffen Rössler

Musicians: Krassimir Sterev, Benjamin Marquise Gilmore
and Gustavo D’Ippolito