Of Ice and Men: Intolleranza 1960 at the Komische Oper

Sean Pannikkar, Deniz Uzun and chorus

Sean Pannikar, Gloria Rehm

Intolleranza 1960

Sean Panikkar

By Elena Luporini, 26 September 2022

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“a scenery which Štorman called at once sensual and poetic but also extreme and unliveable”

Reviewed at Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin on 23 September 2022

Nono, Intolleranza 1960

Komische Oper Berlin

Gabriel Feltz, Conductor

Marco Štorman, Director

Márton Ágh, Set Designer

Sara Schwartz, Costume Designer

Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

Chor der Komischen Oper Berlin

Sean Panikkar, A Migrant

Gloria Rehm, His Companion

Deniz Uzun, A Woman

Tom Erik Lie, An Algerian

Tijl Faveyts, A Torture Victim

Josefine Mindus, Soprano

Ilse Ritter, Speaker

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Elena Luporini

After completing their Master's degree in Musicology in Rome, Elena has now moved to Berlin to dedicate themselves to more things musical. With a publication on Béla Bartók and a seminar at the Humboldt-Universität underway, their interests mostly veer toward 20th-century opera, with some forays into queer musicology. Some of their latest undertakings also include oboe lessons, stencil-making and tea-making.