in association with Sydney Festival
Music by Pascal Dusapin
Text by Friedrich Nietzsche
Australian Premiere
Restoring the voice to one of the mightiest minds in history, O Mensch! transforms 21 poems by Friedrich Nietzsche into a series of shattering musical declarations in French composer Pascal Dusapin’s intimate and inspired recent opera, and successor to Passion.
In a virtuoso performance by baritone and piano, audiences are plunged into the agonies and the ecstasies of this era-defining genius as fierce ideology collides with high emotion.A stark production directed by Sarah Giles and lit by lighting installation artist Katie Sfetkidis, O Mensch! features the indomitable baritone Mitchell Riley, who appeared in Sydney Chamber Opera’s …pas à pas – nulle parte… – for the 2014 Sydney Festival.
Photography: Samuel Hodge
- Director
- Sarah Giles
- Lighting & Set Design
- Katie Sfetkidis
- Costume Design
- Charles Davis
- With
- Mitchell Riley & Jack Symonds
- Dramaturg
- Dominic Mercer
- Assistant Director
- Danielle Maas
- Date & Time
- 8pm Fri 22; 8:30pm Sat 23, Sun 24 January 2016
- Venue
- Carriageworks Track 8, 245 Wilson St Eveleigh
- Tickets
- $35 Available here
- With Thanks To
- Goethe-Institut Australia and Kawai Pianos Australia
