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