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Opera in two parts after William Shakespeare arranged by Claus H. Henneberg - 1978
Composer Aribert Reimann
In German with German and English surtitles | New Production
Dates & Tickets
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May 2021
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Sunday 23
Opera · 07:00 PM · Nationaltheater
LEAR
Prices M , € 193 / 168 / 142 / 117 / 90 / 64 / 16 / 14 -
Wednesday 26
Opera · 07:30 PM · Nationaltheater
LEAR
Prices L , € 163 / 142 / 117 / 91 / 64 / 39 / 15 / 11 -
Sunday 30
Opera · 06:00 PM · Nationaltheater
LEAR
Prices L , € 163 / 142 / 117 / 91 / 64 / 39 / 15 / 11
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June 2021
Cast for all dates
- Conductor
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste
- Production
- Christoph Marthaler
- Set Design
- Anna Viebrock
- Costume Design
- Dorothee Curio
- Lighting
- Michael Bauer
- Choruses
- Stellario Fagone
- Dramaturgy
- Benedikt Stampfli, Malte Ubenauf
- König Lear
- Christian Gerhaher
- König von Frankreich
- Edwin Crossley-Mercer
- Herzog von Albany
- Ivan Ludlow
- Herzog von Cornwall
- Jamez McCorkle
- Graf von Kent
- Brenden Gunnell
- Graf von Gloster
- Georg Nigl
- Edgar
- Andrew Watts
- Edmund
- Matthias Klink
- Goneril, Tochter König Lears
- Angela Denoke
- Regan, Tochter König Lears
- Ausrine Stundyte
- Cordelia, Tochter König Lears
- Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
- Narr
- Graham Valentine
- Bedienter
- Dean Power
- Ritter
- Marc Bodnar
- Bayerisches Staatsorchester
- Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
Media
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King Lear intends to distribute his kingdom among his three daughters. Those that love him the most will receive the most. As Cordelia only describes her love in plain, simple words, she disappoints her father and leaves empty-handed. The kingdom is divided between the other two, and discord and scheming set in immediately. Lear is broken by it, becomes a powerless beggar and loses his sanity.
Aribert Reimann composed his opera Lear based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, with a libretto by Claus H. Henneberg. It celebrated its world premiere at the Nationaltheater in the 1978 as a work commissioned by the Bayerische Staatsoper. Reimann’s composition illustrates a dramaturgy that moves the game of power obsession along at breakneck speed. Lear’s vocal line, characterised by exorbitant virtuosity, illustrates the broken King with his manner of speaking only appearing confused on the surface. The instrumental cluster structures of this monumental work create a breath-taking atmosphere, and are the reason why, as an opera classic of the 20th century, this metamorphosis is an indispensable mirror image of our age.
Biographies
Jukka-Pekka Saraste studierte an der Sibelius-Akademie in Helsinki Dirigieren. Er war u. a. Chefdirigent beim Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, beim Toronto Symphonoy Orchestra und beim Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra sowie Principal Guest Conductor des BBC Symphony Orchestra. Als Gastdirigent leitete er u. a. das London Philharmonic Orchestra, das Orchestre de Paris, das Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, das Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, das Symphonieorchester des BR, die Staatskapelle Dresden, das New York Philharmonic Orchestra sowie das Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal und ist aktuell Chefdirigent des WDR Sinfonieorchesters Köln. In seiner künstlerischen Arbeit widmet er sich u. a. insbesondere dem zeitgenössischen Musikrepertoire. (Stand: 2018)