Opera in one act by von Michael Hersch<\/p>\n
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Libretto: Stephanie Fleischmann<\/p>\n
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Nero is evil. He murders, he tortures, he stages himself as an artist in a most ridiculous manner. How easily we sketch such a contrasting picture!<\/p>\n
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There is no doubt that the actions of this brutal ruler have led us to remember him, even today, as among the most vibrant tyrants of Rome. But in the shadows of such a vicious figure – sometimes almost invisibly – other people are at work. And from their shadowy places, they orchestrate the most terrible intrigues and brutalities, without ever having to fear the spotlight on their own misdeeds. In an abstruse mixture of instrumentalized morality – “She broke the marriage!” – is a hardened hunger for power. Everyone fights for their own advantage. Is anyone in the spotlight automatically a villain? Are there any victims at all in this story, or do they simply harm each other to the extent of their respective abilities?<\/p>\n
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As the plot unfolds, the initially shiny entity of the facade begins to crumble. At first, it is small injuries: Someone pushes through the shimmering rows and reveals the fragility of the membranes. Then, at some point, whole strands begin to rush down: Perforating these layers of space subtractively opens up spaces that reveal details and key scenes and are occupied by the actors. While the opening of the curtains initially creates exciting new spaces, it becomes more and more clear that, as it progresses, it proceeds inexorably to ruination. The house is abandoned to a blind lust for destruction. What remains is a world of toxic filth left behind for posterity. And as if that wasn’t enough, on the trash heap from which it had built its glittering house, the sick society beats, unto death, its own unborn continuation.<\/p>\n
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Photogroaph 1: Susanne Drescher<\/p>\n
Photogroaph 12: Markus Sepperer<\/p>\n
All others: Piertzovanis Toews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1153,"template":"","class_list":["post-1224","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n