Die Frau ohne Schatten: Bayerische Staatsoper

O wydarzeniu

Richard Strauss' dark exploration of humanity and spirituality is perfomed by the world‐class artists of the Bayerische Staatsoper.

The daughter of the King of the Spirits has been floating in an in‐between state since the human Emperor conquered her: She is neither a spirit nor a human. A woman without a shadow – which means a woman who is infertile. A threat hangs over the Empress and Emperor like a punishment for a great guilt: If she does not become fully human, he will turn to stone. Her panic‐stricken search for a shadow, accompanied by her scheming nurse, takes the Empress to a woman who refuses her husband's advances. She is prepared to sell her shadow for the seductive promise of eternal youth. However, the prospect of the transaction does not make the Empress happy.

Inspired by Oriental fairy‐tales and with an admiring glance at Mozart's Zauberflöte, the successful partnership of Strauss and Hofmannsthal created a puzzling, massive work heavy with symbolism and powerful sounds which constantly demands interpretation.

In German with German surtitles

Conductor: Kirill Petrenko
Director: Krzysztof Warlikowski
Set and Costume design: Malgorzata Szczęśniak
Lighting: Felice Ross
Choreography: Claude Bardouil
Video: Denis Guéguin
Videoanimation: Kamil Polak
Dramaturgy: Miron Hakenbeck
Chorusmaster: Sören Eckhoff
Children's Chorus: Stellario Fagone

Der Kaiser: Robert Dean Smith
Die Kaiserin: Ricarda Merbeth
Die Amme: Deborah Polaski
Der Geisterbote: Samuel Youn
Hüter der Schwelle des Tempels / 1. Stimme der Ungeborenen / 2. Kinderstimme: Hanna‐Elisabeth Müller
Erscheinung eines Jünglings / Der Bucklige: Dean Power
Die Stimme des Falken / 2. Stimme der Ungeborenen / 3. Kinderstimme: Eri Nakamura
Barak, der Färber: Wolfgang Koch
Färberin: Elena Pankratova
Der Einäugige: Tim Kuypers
Der Einarmige: Christian Rieger
Keikobad: Renate Jett
3. Stimme der Ungeborenen / Erste Dienerin / 1. Kinderstimme: Golda Schultz
4. Stimme der Ungeborenen / Zweite Dienerin / 4. Kinderstimme: Elsa Benoit
5. Stimme der Ungeborenen: Heike Grötzinger
6. Stimme der Ungeborenen / Dritte Dienerin / 5. Kinderstimme: Rachael Wilson
1. Stimme der Wächter der Stadt: Andrea Borghini
2. Stimme der Wächter der Stadt: Evgeny Kachurovsky
3. Stimme der Wächter der Stadt: John Carpenter