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Con­rad or The Fac­to­ry-Made Boy

Schillertheater: Großer SaalBismarckstraße 110, Berlin, 10625, Allemagne
Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de Berlin
dimanche 04 avril 202716:00
jeudi 08 avril 202711:00
dimanche 11 avril 202716:00
lundi 12 avril 202711:00
jeudi 22 avril 202711:00
dimanche 02 mai 202711:00
jeudi 06 mai 202711:00
samedi 08 mai 202716:00
lundi 10 mai 202711:00
Programme
Penderbayne, Samuel (n. 1989)Con­rad or The fac­to­ry-made boyLivret de Susanne Lütje and Anne X. Weber based on the book of the same name by Christine Nöstlinger
Artistes
Komische Oper Berlin
Anne HinrichsenDirection
Ruth Brauer-KvamMise en scène
Alfred PeterDécors
Alfred MayerhoferCostumes
Johannes ScherflingLumières
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
Kinderchor der Komischen Oper Berlin
Sophia JiraDramaturgie
Martina BorroniChorégraphie
Jean-Christophe CharronChef de chœur
Dagmar Barbara FiebachChef de chœur
Vocalconsort Berlin
Mengqi ZhangSopranoConrad2027 avril 04, 11, 22 mat, mai 06 mat, 10 mat
Hyerim KimSopranoConrad2027 avril 08 mat, 12 mat, mai 02 mat, 08
Mirka WagnerSopranoBerti Bartolotti2027 avril 04, 11, 22 mat, mai 06 mat, 10 mat
Andreja SchneiderComédienBerti Bartolotti2027 avril 08 mat, 12 mat, mai 02 mat, 08
Tom Erik LieBarytonHerr Egon2027 avril 04, 08 mat, 12 mat, mai 10 mat
Philipp MeierhöferBasseHerr Egon2027 avril 11, 22 mat, mai 02 mat, 06 mat, 08
Elisa MaayeshiSopranoKitti
Ulrike HelzelMezzo-sopranoFrau Hecht, Nachbarin
Johannes DunzTénorFabrikdirektor / Lehrer Stainz
Jaewon KwakBaryton-basseFabrikarbeiter Meier

That was quick! The delivery man rings the doorbell, you scribble a signature and receive a package. And although you don’t remember ordering an oversized tin can, you open it up to find inside – a child?!

Never did Berti Bartolotti imagine that a misdelivered package would turn her into a mother! The Himmelblau company, experts in mass-producing model children, has sent her a Premium Chromo XY/3859 unit, a seven-year-old named Conrad. Determined to prevent the company from taking him back, Berti hatches a wild plan: the model child must become someone the company no longer recognizes – someone who’s disobedient, cheeky, and loud!

Ruth Brauer-Kvam presents Samuel Penderbayne’s opera Conrad: The Factory-Made Boy as a colourful modern fairy tale celebrating diversity and solidarity while exploring the meaning of family and the question of what it means to be ‘perfect’.

© Monika Rittershaus
© Monika Rittershaus