Der Vampyr
Team
Conductor
Stephan Zilias / Giulio Cilona
Director, Stage design
Ersan Mondtag
Artistic collaborator
Simon Lesemann
Kostüme
Josa Marx
Lighting design
Sascha Zauner
Chorus
Lorenzo Da Rio
Dramatury
Till Briegleb / Julia Huebner
Cast
Sir Humphrey, Laird van Davenaut
Shavleg Armasi
Malwina
Mercedes Arcuri
Edgar Aubrey
Norman Reinhardt
Lord Ruthwen
Michael Kupfer-Radecky
Sir Berkley
Daniel Eggert
Richard Scrop
Peter O'Reilly
Robert Green
Darwin Prakash
Toms Blunt
Markus Suihkonen
Suse
Weronika Rabek / Patrizia Häusermann
Astarte, die Vampyrmeisterin
Oana Solomon
Lord Byron
Benny Claessens
Ahasver
Jonas Grundner-Culemann / Torben Appel
Chorus
Chor der Staatsoper Hannover
Orchestra
Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover
Extras
Statisterie der Staatsoper Hannover
Child, don't look at the pale man, or it will soon be over for you." With Der Vampyr, a work by a formative figure in Hanoverian musical life is on the programme:
The composer Heinrich Marschner led the musical fortunes of the predecessor of the Hanover State Opera for almost three decades from 1831 as Royal Kapellmeister, the artistic director position at the time. With his successful opera Der Vampyr in 1828, he had already achieved his breakthrough as one of the most frequently performed composers of his time.
The fascination with Marschner's blood-sucking outsider Ruthwen, who comes from John Polidori's novella The Vampyre and is modelled on the British dandy and writer Lord Byron, remains unbroken. He remains a projection figure for the fears and desires of a society.
Lord Ruthwen is to gain another year of life if he sacrifices three young women within 24 hours. Although the young Aubry knows of Ruthwen's identity as a vampyr, he has sworn him to secrecy. When his own lover Malwina threatens to become another victim of the vampire, Aubry is faced with the question of whether he should save his bride or remain true to his oath.
Photo credits: Sandra Then
Time
25. March 2022 – 08. December 2022