Brett Deans Uraufführung Of One Blood in München

Johanni van Oostrum (Elizabeth) und Vera-Lotte Boecker (Mary)

Of One Blood

Mahan Esfahani am Cembalo, Johanni van Oostrum (Elizabeth) und Vera-Lotte Boecker (Mary)

Johanni van Oostrum (Elizabeth) und Vera-Lotte Boecker (Mary)

Vera-Lotte Boecker (Mary)

Of One Blood

By Michael Vieth, 15 May 2026

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“Vera-Lotte Boecker schoss aufgeregte Tonintervalle wie Pfeile ins Publikum”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 14 May 2026

Dean, Of One Blood

Bavarian State Opera

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Claus Guth, Director

Étienne Pluss, Set Designer

Ursula Kudrna, Costume Designer

Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Lukas Leipfinger, Dramaturgy

Yvonne Gebauer, Dramaturgy

Johanni van Oostrum, Queen Elizabeth

Vera-Lotte Boecker, Mary Stuart

Freya Apffelstaedt, Jane Kennedy, Female Courtier V

Liam Bonthrone, Lord Darnley, Male Courtier I

Andrew Hamilton, David Rizzio, Male Courtier III

Seonwoo Lee, Female Courtier I

Mirjam Mesak, Female Courtier II

Lotte Betts-Dean, Female Courtier III

Meg Brilleslyper, Female Courtier IV

Joel Williams, Male Courtier II

Armand Rabot, Male Courtier IV

Paweł Horodyski, Male Courtier V, Excecutioner

Sommer Ulrickson, Choreography

Mahan Esfahani, Harpsichord

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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.

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