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MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG (1919–1996) The Passenger
Opera in two acts, eight scenes and an epilogue · Opus 97 (1967–1968)
Libretto by Alexander Medvedev after the eponymous novel by Zofia Posmysz
Lisa mezzo-soprano: Michelle Breedt
Walter tenor: Roberto Saccà
Martha soprano: Elena Kelessidi
Tadeusz baritone: Artur Rucinski
Katja soprano: Svetlana Doneva
Krzystina mezzo-soprano: Angelica Voje
Vlasta mezzo-soprano: Elżbieta Wróblewska
Hannah alto: Agnieszka Rehlis
Ivette soprano: Talia Or
Old Woman soprano: Helen Field
Bronka alto: Liuba Sokolova
1st SS Officer bass: Tobias Hächler
2nd SS Officerbass: Wilfried Staber
3rd SS Officer tenor: David Danholt
Wiener Symphoniker
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Stage Director David Pountney
Set Design Johan Engels
Costume Design Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting Design Fabrice Kebour
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Choirmaster Lukáš Vasilek
Video Director Felix Breisach
Subtitles Multilingual, German, English, French, Polish, Russian
Sound Format 5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 Stereo (Extras)
Picture Format 16:9 1080i High Definition
Running Time approx. 190 min.
Extras Documentary "In der Fremde" (German, with English Subtitles, approx. 30 min.)
NEOS is releasing the sensational production of the opera "The Passenger" by Mieczysław Weinberg, directed by David Pountney at the Bregenzer Festspiele 2010. This was the opera's scenic first performance ever!
The Passenger" is based on the eponymous novel of the Polish writer and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Zofia Posmysz. The libretto was written by Alexander Medvedev who died five days after the premiere at Bregenz.
On an ocean liner bound to Brazil, Lisa, the wife of a German diplomat sees a fellow passenger whom she recognises as Marta, a Polish prisoner from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Lisa is shocked because she thought that Marta was dead. Because of this encounter, Lisa reveals her husband Walter that she was an SS overseer during the war.
In flashbacks we are told about what happened in Auschwitz and about the "relation" between Lisa and Marta.
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