Organization

Conductor

Clemens Heil

Stage director

Ariel Efraim Ashbel

Composer

Ethan Braun

Lighting designer

Joseph Wegmann

Set designer

Alona Rodeh

Costume designer

Marquet Lee

Chorus master

Dani Juris

Dramaturge

Anna con Glasenapp

Singer

Marcel Brunner

Bass-baritone

Jessica Gadani

Mezzosoprano

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Assistant Stage Director

Maren Schäfer

Orchestra

Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim

Others

Opernchor des Nationaltheater Mannheim

NEO DOME I

Schwetzingen

Germany

Rokokotheater

Public

Idomeneo

Approved

Does man stand outside of nature? Is the individual enthroned in the center of the cosmos? Does nature have rights? Questions that arise when the world changes from being an equal, magical counterpart to a mere collection of raw materials. But what happens when this supposedly neutral "accumulation" suddenly strikes back? In Ariel Ashbel's "Idomeneo" project for the Mannheim summer 2022, the focus is on the fateful moment of Mozart's opera, in which the sea, stirred up by human error, sends a monster as punishment. By concentrating on choral scenes, ballets and orchestral moments, the focus is on the non-human elements of the masterpiece; it is complemented by music by Melika N'gombe Kolongo and Ethan Braun, creating a link to today. The result is a performative,

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Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble