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ECHO 72 (Wertmüller) Hannover 2025 Daniel Eggert, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Ruzana Grigorian, Philipp Kapeller
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Echo 72
- Composer: Wertmüller Michael
- Libretto: Roland Schimmelpfennig Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Staatsoper Hannover, Germany
- Recorded: January 25, 2025
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Daniel Eggert, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Ruzana Grigorian, Philipp Kapeller, Beatriz Miranda, Freya Müller, Darwin Prakash, Luvuyo Mbundu, Yannick Spanier, Ziad Nehme
- Conductor: Titus Engel
- Orchestra: Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester
- Chorus: Chorus of Hannover State Opera, Band Steamboat Switzerland
- Chorus Master: Lorenzo Da Rio
- Stage Director: Lydia Steier
- Stage Designer: Flurin Borg Madsen
- Costume Designer: Andy Besuch
- Lighting Designer: Elana Siberski
Information about the Recording
- Published by: OperaVision
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, desubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
They were intended to be a happy festival of sports in the name of peace: the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. But disaster struck before the eyes of the world: Israeli athletes were murdered during an attack; Germany had been unable to protect its guests. Taking this historical event as its point of departure, the new opera Echo 72. Israel in München directly addresses us today – as an urgent warning of the consequences of hatred and ignorance, as a rousing appeal for humanity and dialogue.
The opera Echo 72. Israel in München, commissioned by the State Opera of Hanover, will be produced by a first-rate team: The libretto was written by Roland Schimmelpfennig, one of the most often performed dramatists of our times who most recently caused a sensation with his series of adaptations of ancient dramas titled Anthropolis at Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. The works of composer and percussionist Michael Wertmüller have seen their world premieres at Lucerne Festival, Hamburgische Staatsoper or Ruhrtriennale, and he has worked with Christoph Schlingensief among other artists. Michael Wertmüller’s music is celebrated for its overwhelming emotional directness and his fascinating rhythms captivate the audience from the very first bar.
Quoted from Staatstheater Hannover