Name: Septembersonate
Start: 2023-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus Düsseldorf

Organization

Conductor

Vitali Alekseenok

Stage director

Johannes Erath

Costume designer

Heike Scheele

Video designer

Bibi Abel

Dramaturge

Anna Melcher

Singer

Holger Falk

Brydon

Roman Hoza

Spencer Brydon II

Juliane Banse

Ellice Staverton

Susan Maclean

Mrs. Muldoon

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Orchestra

Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra

Elena Fink

Sep­tem­ber­so­na­te

Dusseldorf

Germany

Opernhaus Düsseldorf

Sep­tem­ber­so­na­te Trojahn

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Soprano

Countertenor

Bass

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

A woman and a man meet again after a long time. Decades have passed since she became an actress and he became an author, decades after they shared adolescence without ever becoming a couple. Now Osbert Brydon, son of wealthy American merchants, has returned to his homeland from Europe to liquidate his family home. Who would he have become if he had stayed? Would Ellice Staverton have loved this one? A mind game turns into a painful showdown: In the dark halls of his childhood he meets the one his family wanted him to become.

The composer Manfred Trojahn, who lives in Düsseldorf and Paris, is one of the great composers of our time. While his opera "Eurydice - Die Liebenden, blind", celebrated in Amsterdam in 2022, only grants Eurydice and Orphée a moment of common now after hesitantly getting to know each other, Osbert and Ellice's common past is inscribed here and becomes a touchstone for him and his being his love.

English

Eine Frau und ein Mann treffen einander nach langer Zeit wieder. Jahrzehnte sind vergangen, in denen sie Schauspielerin wurde und er Autor, Jahrzehnte, nachdem sie eine gemeinsame Jugend verbracht hatten, ohne jemals ein Paar zu werden. Nun ist Osbert Brydon, Sohn reicher amerikanischer Kaufleute, aus Europa zurückgekehrt in seine Heimat, um sein Elternhaus abzuwickeln. Wer wäre er geworden, wenn er geblieben wäre? Hätte Ellice Staverton diesen Gebliebenen geliebt? Aus einem Gedankenspiel wird ein schmerzlicher Showdown: In den dunklen Hallen seiner Kindheit begegnet er dem, der er nach dem Willen seiner Familie hätte werden sollen.

Der in Düsseldorf und Paris lebende Komponist Manfred Trojahn gehört zu den großen Komponisten der Gegenwart. Während seine 2022 in Amsterdam gefeierte Oper „Eurydice – Die Liebenden, blind“ Eurydice und Orphée nach dem zögerlichen Kennenlernen nur einen Augenblick des gemeinsamen Jetzt vergönnt, ist hier die gemeinsame Vergangenheit Osbert und Ellice eingeschrieben und wird für ihn zum Prüfstein seiner selbst und dem Wesen seiner Liebe.

Deutsch

Septembersonate by Trojahn, Thu 14 Dec 2023, From (2023/2024), Directed by Johannes Erath,, Conductor Vitali Alekseenok, Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Reviews

Videos

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues

Sep­tem­ber­so­na­te by Trojahn, Thu 14 Dec 2023, From (2023/2024), Directed by Johannes Erath,, Conductor Vitali Alekseenok, Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany