Carl Orff

Trionfi

Introduction at 5.20 pm

The Carmina Burana with its mighty Fortuna choirs is one of the most famous musical works, but is rarely performed as a trittico teatrale with its two sister works. Carl Orff created a trilogy that searches for new forms of expression for music theater: between opera, oratorio and cantata. Trionfi stands for the fascination of the primal elements of theater, the popular and cultic, ancient and medieval poetry and again and again: the elemental power of rhythm. Life and its earthly pleasures are triumphantly celebrated, the omnipotence of Eros, the awakening of spring. Love and fidelity are negotiated and a wedding ceremony is performed, culminating in an orgiastic cry. - As the subtitle of Carmina Burana, which speaks of magical images, suggests, there are no limits to the imagination of a scenic realization. Archaic and modern meet.

Musical Direction: Kent Nagano
Staging: Calixto Bieito
Stage design: Rebecca Ringst
Costumes: Anja Rabes
Lighting: Michael Bauer
Video: Sarah Derendinger Sarah Derendinger
Dramaturgy: Bettina Auer

In Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle High German and German with German and English surtitles
Supported by the Foundation for the promotion of the Hamburg State Opera