© Björn Hickmann VIA WUPPERTAL OPER

Music drama with prologue and epilogue in one act by Ethel Smyth. Libretto by the composer.
In German with German surtitles.

“Fleeting is the pleasure of mortals.”
In ERWARTUNG, we follow a woman on her desperate search for her beloved through the nocturnal forest — an emotional rollercoaster.
DER WALD tells the story of Röschen and the woodcutter Heinrich, whose fate takes an unexpected turn on the eve of their wedding: the demonic Iolanthe desires Heinrich and seeks to force his love…

The mysterious forest served as a projection surface for both composers: Smyth uses it to reveal the constancy of nature as well as the transience of life. For Schönberg, the depth of the forest becomes a mirror of the dark abysses of the soul.

cast

MUSIC DIRECTOR | YORGOS ZIAVRAS

STAGE DIRECTOR | Manuel Schmitt

STAGING & COSTUMES | Julia Katharina Berndt

CHORUS MASTER | Ulrich Zippelius

DRAMATURGIE | LAURA KNOLL

Eine Frau | Hanna Larissa Naujoks, A. G.
Landgraf Rudolf | David Roy, a. G.

Jolanthe | Edith Grossman

Heinrich | Sangmin Jeon, a. G.

Peter | Agostino Subacchi

Röschen | Mariya Taniguchi, a. G.

Ein Hausierer | Zachary Wilson

Ein Bursche | Nika Dönges, Mira Ilina

Ein Jäger | Hak-Young Lee

WITH THE Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, THE Opera Chorus of the Wuppertaler Bühnen AND THE Extra Choir of the Wuppertaler Bühnen