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Peer Gynt
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Peer Gynt
Ballet in two acts
Peer Gynt’s life of adventure interpreted as a dancer’s biography through sensual and abstract worlds of dance.
The young adventurer Peer Gynt sets out to become »King of the World«. He seduces and abandons those around him, always in search of himself. Along the way he meets many people, both benevolent and manipulative, finds inspiration and disappointment, and is nowhere really accepted. Apart from his aged mother Aase, whom he buries with a heavy heart, the only person to truly love him is the girl Solveig, who waits a lifetime for him in their home country, because that’s how long it takes for Peer to return. Swedish choreographer Johan Inger, last seen in Dresden with »Walking Mad« and »Carmen«, has turned the never-ending journey of Peer Gynt, forever in search of an identity and happiness, into a full-length ballet, which enjoyed its premiere in Basel in 2017. In a cross-disciplinary work combining dance, pantomime and song, Inger fuses Peer Gynt’s life and experiences with various stages from his own artistic career. The result is a gripping and witty story told using a striking physical vocabulary.
Program and cast
Three Milkmaids (Singing): Sol Her (October 25, 31, November 13, 2024), Elena Patsalidou (October 25, 31, November 13, 2024), Anna-Maria Tietze (October 25, 31, November 13, 2024), Olga Großer (October 27, November 3, 22, 2024), Yeani Park (October 27, November 3, 22, 2024), Kurumi Sueyoshi (October 27, November 3, 22, 2024)
Solveig: Stefanie Knorr
The Young Peer: Mateo Cigal (October 25, November 13, 2024), Leander Wilde (October 27, 31, 2024), Victor Steinert (November 3, 22, 2024)
Violinist: Elsa Klockenbring (October 25, November 3, 13, 2024), Charlotte Thiele (October 27, 31, November 22, 2024)
Musical Direction: Thomas Herzog
Choreography and Staging: Johan Inger
Music: Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
Set Design with EstudiodeDos: Leticia Gañán, Curt Allen Wilmer
Costumes: Catherine Voeffray
Lighting: Tom Visser
Choir: Jonathan Becker
Dramaturgy: Gregor Acuña-Pohl
Choreography Assistance: Urtzi Aranburu
Coaching: Urtzi Aranburu, Carolina Armenta, Zoran Markovic
Semperoper Ballet
Dresden Symphony Choir – Extra Choir of the Semperoper Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden
Semperoper Dresden
The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper ballet. The building is located near the Elbe River in the historic centre of Dresden, Germany.
The opera house was originally built by the architect Gottfried Semper in 1841. After a devastating fire in 1869, the opera house was rebuilt, partly again by Semper, and completed in 1878. The opera house has a long history of premieres, including major works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.
The first opera house at the location of today's Semperoper was built by the architect Gottfried Semper. It opened on 13 April 1841 with an opera by Carl Maria von Weber. The building style itself is debated among many, as it has features that appear in three styles; Early Renaissance and Baroque, with Corinthian style pillars typical of Greek classical revival. Perhaps the most suitable label for this style would be eclecticism, where influences from many styles are used, a practice most common during this period. Nevertheless, the opera building, Semper's first, is regarded as one of the most beautiful European opera houses.
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