Die Macht der Erinnerung: Weinbergs Die Passagierin in München

Die Passagierin

Sophie Koch (Lisa)

Jacques Imbrailo (Tadeusz)

Elena Tsallagova (Marta) und Noa Beinart (Hannah)

By Michael Vieth, 14 March 2024

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“eine schlüssige und packende Inszenierung”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 13 March 2024

Weinberg, The Passenger

Bavarian State Opera

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Tobias Kratzer, Director

Rainer Sellmaier, Set Designer

Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Christopher Warmuth, Dramaturgy

Jonas Dahl, Video

Manuel Braun, Video

Sophie Koch, Lisa

Charles Workman, Walter

Elena Tsallagova, Marta

Jacques Imbrailo, Tadeusz

Louise Foor, Katya

Daria Proszek, Krystyna

Lotte Betts-Dean, Vlasta

Noa Beinart, Hannah

Jennifer France, Ivette

Larissa Diadkova, Bronka

Bálint Szabó, 1st SS officer

Roman Chabaranok, 2nd SS officer

Tansel Akzeybek, 3rd SS officer

Martin Snell, Elderly passenger

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.

Die Macht der Erinnerung: Weinbergs Die Passagierin an der Bayerischen Staatsoper