Name: The Lighthouse
Start: 2023-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nationaltheater

Organization

Stage director

Rahel Thiel

Set designer

Fabian Wendling

Lighting designer

Florian Arnholdt

Dramaturge

Polina Sandler

Singer

Tenor

Christopher Diffey

1. Officer

Baritone

Timothy Connor

2. Officer

Bass

Bartosz Urbanowicz

3. Officer

Conductor

Michael Zlabinger

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Orchestra

Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim

engelsk

The Lighthouse

Munich

Germany

Nationaltheater

Public

tysk

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Soprano

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The story of Peter Maxwell Davies' chamber opera is based on a true story: after the crew of the lighthouse on a remote island in north-west Scotland disappeared without a trace, the court tries to solve the mystery of their disappearance. This oppressive story is reconstructed on stage over the short period of just under one and a half hours. Since the historical truth could actually never be fathomed, the composer embarks on a mystical journey into the human subconscious and enigmatically paints the last hours of the lives of three lighthouse keepers who have disappeared in music. The abysses of the human soul find their musical expression in the sounds of northern sea storms and floods, while the ghosts of the repressed past are brought to light through English folk tunes. Commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival in 1980, »The Lighthouse« represents a masterful continuation of the tradition of Benjamin Britten's ghost opera »The Turn of the Screw« as a chamber play for three singers and twelve instrumentalists.

English

Eine wahre Begebenheit liegt der Handlung der Kammeroper von Peter Maxwell Davies zugrunde: Nachdem die Besatzung des Leuchtturms auf einer abgelegenen Insel im Nordwesten von Schottland spurlos verschwunden ist, versucht das Gericht, das Geheimnis ihres Verschwindens aufzuklären. Diese beklemmende Geschichte wird über die kurze Zeitspanne von knapp eineinhalb Stunden auf der Bühne rekonstruiert. Da die historische Wahrheit tatsächlich nie ergründet werden konnte, begibt sich der Komponist auf eine mystische Reise in das menschliche Unterbewusstsein und malt die letzten Stunden aus dem Leben dreier verschwundener Leuchtturmwärter enigmatisch in Musik aus. Abgründe der menschlichen Seele finden ihren musikalischen Ausdruck in den Klängen nordischer Meeresstürme und -fluten, während die Gespenster verdrängter Vergangenheit durch englische Volksmelodien zum Vorschein kommen. Als Auftragskomposition des Edinburgh Festival 1980 stellt »The Lighthouse« als Kammerspiel für drei Sänger und zwölf Instrumentalist*innen eine meisterhafte Fortsetzung der Tradition der Gespensteroper »The Turn of the Screw« von Benjamin Britten dar.

Deutsch

The Lighthouse by Davies, ti. 09 mai 2023, Fra (2023/2023), I regi av Rahel Thiel,, Dirigent Michael Zlabinger, Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany

Forestillingkreditter (Ensemble & produksjonsteam )

Cast

Mannskap

Ensemble

Program, Informasjon & Sammendrag

Videre lesning

Forestillingsdatoer og spillesteder

Sted