Rehearsal of the opera "Wölfe". Photo: Helena Tulve |
Helena Tulve. Photo: Kaupo Kikkas |
According to composer Helena Tulve, the more general content of the opera is the coexistence of man and nature and the journey of inner change of the human. The opera opens the topic through the question of the "wolf", through different attitudes and views. The wolf is also an archetypal character in a deeper sense – the wolf as a metaphor for our inner savagery. Contacts to wolves evokes conflicting feelings and reactions in humans, such as fears from distant times, but also admiration.
Soloists are Morgane Heyse, Itziar Lesaka, Martin Gerke, Nicholas Isherwood, Marius Pallesen, Cornelia Zink and Markus Sung-Keun Park. The new stage work will be performed seven times: on June 24 and 26, and on July 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10. The theatre offers the opportunity to peek behind the scenes already on June 21, which will include both a lecture and an orchestral rehearsal at an event introducing the opera.
More info: Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater