Deutsche Oper Berlin - Antikrist

The surprise hit of Deutsche Oper Berlin for the past few seasons: Completed almost ten years before the Second World War, the only opera by Danish composer Rued Langgaard oracularly foreshadows an approaching apocalypse. Antikrist is a unique work in music history, in which powerful sounds kaleidoscopically intertwine with an enigmatic language. Only staged in 1999, almost 50 years after its creator’s death, the work is an absolute rarity on international operatic stages. Ersan Mondtag’s production brings Antikrist to the stage in unprecedented splendour. The director and exceptional interdisciplinary artist has received numerous awards for his monumental works and his impressive creative power; in this production, he has horrific figures appear amidst pop-cultural references and dance an infernal choreography around them. Langgaard’s apocalyptic mystery is thus brought to life as an expressionistic moving image. With Martyn Brabbins, one of the most interesting conductors of 20th-century music returns to Deutsche Oper Berlin.

age recommendation: from age 16

duration: 90 minutes / no interval

introduction: 45 minutes before the performance in the Rang Foyer on the right

program

Antikrist

Oper in zwei Akten (in einem Prolog und sechs Bildern)

Musik und Libretto von Rued Langgaard

Deutsche Übersetzung von Inger und Walther Methlagl, für die kritische Edition überarbeitet von Monika Wesemann

In deutscher Sprache mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln

Place

On September 24, 1961 the Opernhaus that had been inaugurated in 1912 and destroyed during the War was reopened as Deutsche Oper Berlin. Ever since it has been Berlin´s largest and Germany´s second largest music theatre, featuring among the most modern institutions in Europe. The straightforward and elegant building that was realized by architect Fritz Bornemann (he also conceived the America Memorial Library and the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, a. o.) seats 1.859 and guarantees a maximum viewing and hearing experience for every visitor.