"Beautiful... brutal... surreal... unsettling... intense...       and erudite."


- Die Deutsche Bühne

"The incontestable ornament of the Munich Opera Festival... The massively applauded premiere of this in no way conceptually simple work had a lot to offer for both eye and ear. It should encourage the Munich Opera to further follow this path of contemporary opera.


- Die FAZ

"An exciting, nightmarish, nerve-wracking study of the clash of kisses and bites... It is dazzling, extreme... An incredible experience."


- Süddeutsche Zeitung

winner of the Munich Opera Festival Prize

MAUERSCHAU


an opera in 12 pictures
music by Hauke Berheide, libretto by Amy Stebbins

commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera

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ARTISTIC TEAM


conductor  OKSANA LYNIV
director  AMY STEBBINS
set & video  LUFTWERK

costumes  BELEN MONTOLIU

light BENEDIKT ZEHM

chorus  SØREN ECKHOFF

dramaturgy  MALTE KRASTING


with Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa (Penthesilea), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Achilles), Leela Subramaniam (Penthesilea's Shadow I), Hannah Herfurtner (Penthesilea's Shadow II), Joshua Owen Mills (Achilles' Shadow I), Frederic Jost (Achilles' Shadow II), and Hildegard Schmahl