Rued Langgaard - Antikrist (Ersan Mondtag / Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Church opera in two acts and six scenes, BVN 192 (1921-23, rev. 1926-30)
Libretto by the composer
Sung in German
Rued Langgaard’s remarkable opera Antikrist confronts the decline and fall of Western civilisation, critiquing modern lifestyles and ways of thinking, which resonates with our times more than ever before. Never performed in the composer’s lifetime, Antikrist blends Romantic and contemporary styles to create a score that is both seductive and opulent, while the lack of a conventional plot creates space for an ironic and sarcastic exposé of contemporary civilisation’s weaknesses. This spectacular Deutsche Oper Berlin production was acclaimed in The New York Times as a ‘riotously colourful, boldly stylised staging [in] a near-breathless swirl’.
Lucifer - Thomas Lehman
The Voice of God - Jonas Grundner-Culemann
The Air of Mystery - Irene Roberts
The Echo of The Air of Mystery - Valeriia Savinskaia
The Mouth Speaking Great Words - Clemens Bieber
Despondency - Maire Therese Carmack
The Great Whore - Flurina Stucki
The Scarlet Beast - Aj Glueckert
The Lie - Andrew Dickinson
Hate - Joel Allison
Opera Ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus Master - Jeremy Bines
Conductor - Stephan Zilias
Stage Director and Set Designer - Ersan Mondtag
Costume Designers - Ersan Mondtag and Annika Lu
Lighting Designer - Rainer Casper
Choreographer - Rob Fordeyn
Film Director - Götz Filenius
Filmed on 10 and 12 February 2023 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
A Deutsche Oper Berlin production in association with Naxos
DVD 2.110764 / Blu-ray NBD0176V
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[@backroomcircus]

amazing production.

[@SeraphimLeo]

Basically just looks like the US senate and congress at this point.