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Eat or be eaten

The Raft of the Medusa

Hans Werner Henze
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The kickoff at Tempelhof Airport—with just six performances in two weeks! In the upcoming seasons, each new programme at Komische Oper Berlin will open with a major production at an unusual location somewhere in the city.
First stop: Tempelhof Airport, Hangar 1. First work: The Raft of the Medusa, Hans Werner Henze’s powerful interrogation of humanity, directed by Tobias Kratzer.
Charon begins the narration: On June 17, 1816, four ships of a squadron of King Louis XVIII. leave France. Their mission: to regain possession of the lands in Senegal which Napoleon Bonaparte had lost to Great Britain.

More than 300 people go on board, among them the Governor de Chaumer- ays, officers, generals, sailors, military officers, 36 women and nine children.

Oratorio in two parts [1968]
Text by Ernst Schnabel

Premiere on 16 September 2023
Recommended from grade 9
German
1hr 30min, no intermission
Musikalische Leitung
Inszenierung
Bühnenbild und Kostüme
Choreographie
Marguerite Donlon
Kinderchor
Kai-Uwe Jirka
Licht
La Mort
Jean-Charles
Charon
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