Anatomy of a love: Rebecca Saunders’ Lash at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Lash – Acts of Love

By Elena Luporini, 22 June 2025

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“Saunders finds countless ways to be creative”

Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 20 June 2025

Saunders, Lash - Acts of Love

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Enno Poppe, Conductor

Dead Centre, Director

Nina Wetzel, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Stephen Dodd, Lighting Designer

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Sébastien Dupouey, Video

Sebastian Hanusa, Dramaturgy

Anna Prohaska, Soprano

Noa Frenkel, Contralto

Sarah Maria Sun, Soprano

Katja Kolm, Actor

Christoph Grund, Synthesizer

Ernst Surberg, Synthesizer

Adrian Pereyra, Electric guitar

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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.

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