Aschemond oder The Fairy Queen by Oehring, za. 18 mrt 2017, Van (2017/2017), Geregisseerd door Immo Karaman, Dirigent Jonathan Stockhammer, Opernhaus, Wuppertal, Duitsland

Henry Purcell's baroque music and Helmut Oehring's compositions revolve around one another in ›AscheMOND‹ like planets bound together by invisible gravity. The central motif of the solar eclipse also stands for the overwhelming dimensions in which this orbiting and colliding will take place. ›AscheMOND‹ sings about the forces that make the earth turn and move hearts. Tells stories in music, paints pictures of basic conflicts and loyalties. All people have an existential connection with everyone else. The spiritual-emotional attitudes that we humans produce endure through time and death. Helmut Oehring's opera was premiered in 2013 at the Berlin State Opera. Some sections of the score were not performed, which will now be heard for the first time in Wuppertal and will make the premiere in January 2017 a partial premiere. In addition, the composer made further changes to the cast and score for the Wuppertal production. Born in East Berlin in 1961 to deaf parents, Helmut Oehring is now considered one of the outstanding composers of his generation. He has received many awards - in 2015 he received the German Music Authors' Prize in the music theater category. Upon request, Kassandra Wedel will give introductions to the plays in sign language before the performances. Contact: jana.beckmann@wuppertaler-buehnen.de