Daphne

Music: Richard Strauss
Text: Joseph Gregor
Musical Director: Thomas Guggeis
Direction, set design,
lights, costumes : Romeo Castellucci

Choreography: Evelin Facchini
Chorus Master: Martin Wright
Dramaturgy: Piersandra Di Matteo, Jana Beckmann

Direction Assistance: Maxi Menja Lehmann
Set design Assistance: Lisa Behensky, Alessio Valmori
Costume Assistance: Clara Strasser, Theresa Wilson
Collaboration Light: Marco Giusti

PENEIOS: René Pape
GAEA: Anna Kissjudit
DAPHNE: Vera-Lotte Boecker
LEUKIPPOS: Linard Vrielink
APOLLO: Pavel Černoch
FOUR SHEPHERDS: Arttu Kataja, Florian Hoffmann,
Roman Trekel, Friedrich Hamel
TWO MAIDS: Evelin Novak, Natalia Skrycka

Chorus: Staatsopernchor
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin

Production: Staatsoper Unten Der Linden, Berlin

BUCOLIC TRAGEDY IN ONE ACT (1938)

Daphne lives in a world that is foreign to her. She is the embodiment of nature and finds human behaviour and desire alien.
Apollo and Leucippus, both of whom desire Daphne, attend the feast of Dionysus. Leucippus puts his plan into action: Daphne abandons herself to the celebrations. Too late, Apollo, under Leucippus’ spell, realises he has acted against his divine destiny and Daphne’s nature.


Daphne is one of Richard Strauss’ last operas.
The story is based on a tale from ancient mythology and was passed down by Ovid and Plutarch, among others. It has frequently appeared as a theme in art, music and literature.
In Richard Strauss’ Daphne, symphonic music and lyrical passages in the style of chamber music are combined to create an impressive musical drama. Today, Daphne is one of the composer’s rarely performed works.

This new staging is directed by Romeo Castellucci, whose works are marked by a powerful visual language in which music, light and visual arts blend.

 

19 February at 6.00 PM
23 February at 7.30 PM
2 March at 7.30 PM
5 March at 6.00 PM
9 March at 7.30 PM
12 March at 7.00 PM
18 March at 7.30 PM

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