Organization

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Joana Mallwitz

Soprano (+1)

Katharine Mehrling

Soloist

Tenor (+2)

Michael Porter

Tenor (+3)

Simon Bode

Bass-baritone (+3)

Michael Nagl

Bass-baritone (+6)

Oliver Zwarg

Orchestra

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Konzerthaus Berlin

Choreographer (+3)

Yui Kawaguchi

Stage director

Stage director (+1)

Katrin Sedlbauer

“Kurt Weill has achieved something that only really great composers can do – to create his own style. There is a sound and a harmony with him that you always recognize, roughness and at the same time complexity that I appreciate very much,” Joana Mallwitz explains her preference for the composer. Like the first, his second symphony is a rarely performed work, so this season's Weill focus may bring you two discoveries at once. Weill's satirical ballet with song "The Seven Deadly Sins", on the other hand, is a well-known masterpiece, which corresponds thematically to the introductory "Dance of the Seven Veils" from Richard Strauss' "Salome": "I'm looking forward to the singer and actress Katherine Merling, who also expresses the wildness of the piece in scenic elements – an ideal cast!”

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