Unsuk Chin's opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes premieres in Hamburg

Andrew Dickinson (Lichtwesen) and Thomas Lehman (Dr Kieron)

Thomas Lehman (Dr Kieron)

Bo Skovhus (Meister Astaroth) and Thomas Lehman (Dr Kieron)

Thomas Lehman (Dr Keiron), Bo Skovhus (Meister Astaroth) and chorus

Narea Son (Das lichte Mädchen)

Par Mengguang Huang, 01 juin 2025

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“what emerges from Chin’s opera is a world of brittle beauty and philosophical detachment”

Critique faite à Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg, le 31 mai 2025

Chin, Die dunkle Seite des Mondes (The Dark Side of the Moon)

Staatsoper Hamburg

Kent Nagano, Direction

Dead Centre, Mise en scène

Jeremy Herbert, Décors

Janina Brinkmann, Costumes

Adam Silverman, Lumières

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Siobhan Stagg, Miriel

Thomas Lehman, Dr Kieron

Bo Skovhus, Meister Astaroth

Kangmin Justin Kim, Anima

Andrew Dickinson, Lichtwesen

Narea Son, Das lichte Mädchen

Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Cornelius

Jürgen Sacher, Dr Spinberg

William Desbiens, Dr Pulski

Karl Huml, Dr Raubenstock

Une partie de chasse maléfique

Anne-Laure Faubert, 14th September

Pierre fondatrice de la tradition de l’opéra romantique allemand, Der Freischütz rappelle que quiconque pénètre dans la forêt entreprend une quête qui aboutit au Bien ou au Mal selon ses choix.

****1

Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 15th April

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

****1

Vampires, Disney and Donald Trump: Monster’s Paradise in Hamburg

Kevin W Ng, 1st February

Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek take on Donald Trump in their latest operatic collaboration.

****1

Franciscan virtues for a modern age: a multimedia Messiaen remix

Peter Quantrill, 2nd June

No half measures in a triple-decker Hamburg staging of Saint François d'Assise at the Elbphilharmonie.

***11

Enfant terrible: Dmitri Tcherniakovs Salome an der Staatsoper Hamburg

Alexandra Richter, 12th November

In Tcherniakovs neuer Inszenierung an der Staatsoper Hamburg ist Asmik Grigorian nach fünf Jahren endlich wieder als Salome zu erleben.

***11

Staatsoper Hamburg's new Boris Godunov traverses Russian history

Alexander Hall, 16th September

Opening the new opera season, Kent Nagano powerfully directs Mussorgsky's great psychodrama about a famous tsar, marred only by Frank Castorf's visually confusing and symbolically overweighted production.

****1

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Mengguang Huang

Mengguang Huang is a Hamburg-based project manager in the construction industry. With a strong passion for classical music, he was introduced to the world of early music during his time in the UK, where he developed a particular fondness for renaissance and Baroque vocal music. Driven by his love for this genre, he now makes it a priority to attend major Baroque opera productions and concerts across Western Europe whenever possible, continuing to deepen his appreciation for this rich musical tradition.

A cold blaze of dreams and consciousness: Unsuk Chin's new opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes