Name: Caligula
Start: 2022-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-01-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Deutsches Nationaltheater

Organization

Conductor

Andreas Wolf

Stage director

Dirk Schmeding

Set designer

Martina Segna

Costume designer

Frank Lichtenberg

Video designer

Andreas Günther

Dramaturge

Judith Drühe

Chorus master

Jens Petereit

Singer

Baritone

Oleksandr Pushniak

Caligula

Mezzo-soprano

Jelena Kordić

Caesonia

Marlene Gaßner

Contralto

Joanna Jaworowska

Scipio

Tenor

Alexander Günther

Mucius

Daniel Nicholson

Lepidus

Soprano

Julia Gromball

Livia

Countertenor

Gerben van der Werf

Helicon

Bass

Rafał Pawnuk

Cherea

Uwe Schenker-Primus

Merea

Andreas Koch

First poet

Klaus Wegener

Second poet

Nathaniel Kondrat

Third poet

Detlef Koball

Fourth poet

Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Weimar

Weimar

Germany

Deutsches Nationaltheater

Großes Haus

Public

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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

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

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Choir

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Hairstylist

Illustrator

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Makeup artist

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Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

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Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Oper von Detlev Glanert frei nach Albert CamusDetlev Glanerts 2006 mit großem Erfolg uraufgeführtes Musikdrama zeichnet ein Psychogramm des berühmt-berüchtig...

Ein geliebter Mensch stirbt und die ganze Welt gerät aus den Fugen – genau das widerfährt dem jungen römischen Kaiser Caligula. Der Tod seiner geliebten Schwester Drusilla bringt den jungen Herrscher aus dem Gleichgewicht. Was folgt, ist der Versuch, das Unmögliche möglich zu machen und der Welt eine neue Logik aufzuzwingen, die auf seiner eigenen Wahrheit beruht. Diese lautet: "Die Menschen sterben und sind nicht glücklich". Um immer wieder seine Überzeugung von dieser Absurdität des Lebens zu verdeutlichen und sich selbst dagegen als wahrhaft freien und unabhängigen Menschen zu behaupten, opfert Caligula unzählige Menschenleben in sinnloser Willkür. Nur vier Jahre von 37-41 n. Chr. dauerte seine hoffnungsvoll begonnene Herrschaft, die in Tyrannei mündete und schließlich mit seiner Ermordung endete.

Detlev Glanert schrieb seine 2006 uraufgeführte Oper auf Grundlage des gleichnamigen Dramas Albert Camus. Glanert blickt dabei mithilfe der Musik direkt in das in Unwucht geratene Seelenleben Caligulas. Hierbei funktioniert das Orchester selbst als "musikgewordener Körper" durch den wir in Caligulas Innenwelt blicken und auch die anderen Protagonist*innen durch seine Augen und Ohren wahrnehmen.

Dirk Schmeding hat als Regieassistent am DNT seine Theaterlaufbahn begonnen und kehrt nun als international gefragter Regisseur nach Weimar zurück.

Deutsch

A loved one dies and the whole world falls to pieces – this is exactly what happens to the young Roman emperor Caligula. The death of his beloved sister Drusilla throws the young ruler off balance. What follows is an attempt to make the impossible possible and to impose a new logic on the world based on his own truth. Which is: "People are dying and they are not happy." To repeatedly make clear his conviction of this absurdity of life and to assert himself against it as a truly free and independent man, Caligula sacrifices countless human lives in senseless arbitrariness. His reign, which had begun with hope, lasted only four years from 37 to 41 CE and ended in tyranny and finally with his assassination.

Detlev Glanert wrote his opera, which premièred in 2006, based on Albert Camus' drama of the same name. With the help of music, Glanert looks directly into Caligula's unhinged soul. Here, the orchestra itself functions as a ‘body made of music’ through which we look into Caligula's inner world and perceive the other protagonists through his eyes and ears.

Dirk Schmeding began his theatre career as an assistant director at the DNT and is now returning to Weimar as an internationally sought-after director.

English

Caligula by Glanert, Thu 26 Jan 2023, From (2022/2023), Directed by Dirk Schmeding,, Conductor Andreas Wolf, Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar, Germany

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