Organization

Singer

Soprano

Barbara Senator

Yvette

Mezzo-soprano

Susanne Blattert

Germaine, ihre Mutter

Tenor

Santiago Sánchez

Albert

Bass

Pavel Kudinov

Hermann, sein Vater

Martin Tzonev

Lejeune

Baritone

Joachim Goltz

Monsieur Emile

Katrin Stösel

Eine junge Massenet-Schwärmering

La Patronne

Christian Specht

Ein Soldat

Jeongmyeong Lee

Der 1. Präsident des Tribunals

Palesa Malieloa

Eine weißharige Melomanin

Takahiro Namiki

Ein Kellner

Patricio Arroyo

Erster Gefangener

Enrico Döring

Zweiter Gefangener

Stage director

Jürgen R Weber

Conductor

Daniel Johannes Mayr

Lighting designer

Friedel Graß

Costume designer

Hank Irvin Kittel

Set designer

Hank Irwin Kittel

Chorus master

Marko Medved

Michael Krinner

Der 2. Präsident des Tribunals

Ein Gast

Ein alter Melomane

Ein gebildeter Herr

Ein Zeitungsverkäufer

Ein Richter

Theater Bonn

Orchestra

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Others

Choir of the Bonn Theater

German

Leonore 40/45

Bonn

Germany

Albert and Yvette fall in love in Paris but at a bad time. It’s 1941. He is an occupying German soldier and clarinettist. She is a young French-Czech pianist. When the post-war authorities declare ‘No marriage between enemies!’ who can help the young lovers? Enter Emile: part Emcee, part guardian angel.

Leonore 40/45 is an opera written by Rolf Liebermann, Swiss composer and former artistic director of the Paris Opera. The style of the opera belongs to the 1950s, rooted in the 12-tone tradition of Schoenberg and Berg but lightened by lyric interludes and ‘semiseria’ sending up. The 1952 premiere in neutral Basel was a success but the subject matter proved too sensitive for audiences in Germany in the 1950s for whom reconciliation evoked collaboration. This October 2021 staging is part of Fokus ‘33, an ambitious programme by Theater Bonn to revive forgotten works from the first half of the 20th century. Liebermann was active in bringing opera nations together as the first President of FEDORA, the European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet. He might have approved of OperaVision sharing this first staging of his opera for over 60 years with audiences online across the world.

Opernhaus

Leonore 40/45 Liebermann,R

Public

Approved

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