The Hamburg State Opera presents Carl Orff's Trionfi, a rarely performed musical triptych that redefines the boundaries between opera, oratorio and cantata. Under the musical direction of Kent Nagano and the staging of Calixto Bieito, a spectacle unfolds that celebrates the elemental power of rhythm and the omnipotence of Eros, a captivating fusion of archaic poetry and modern staging art.
The Carmina Burana with its mighty Fortuna choirs is one of the most famous musical works, but is rarely performed as a trittico teatrale with its two sister works. Carl Orff created a trilogy that searches for new forms of expression for music theater: between opera, oratorio and cantata. Trionfi stands for the fascination of the primal elements of theater, the popular and cultic, ancient and medieval poetry and again and again: the elemental power of rhythm.
Life and its earthly pleasures are triumphantly celebrated, the omnipotence of Eros, the awakening of spring. Love and fidelity are negotiated and a wedding ceremony is performed, culminating in an orgiastic cry. - As the subtitle of Carmina Burana, which speaks of magical images, suggests, there are no limits to the imagination of a scenic realization. Archaic and modern meet.
Premiere September 21, 2024