L'EMPEREUR D'ATLANTIS
Viktor Ullmann and Eugene Birman
Viktor Ullmann and Eugene Birman
ONU, Geneva (first part)
Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14,
1211 Geneva
Comédie de Genève (second part)
Esplanade Alice-Bailly 1,
1207 Geneva
From 12 years old (recommended)
Subscription concert
AUTRE DATE
PROGRAM
The show starts at the UN,
then a trip/entrance to continue
at the Comédie de Genève
PART 1
REPRESENTATIONS AT THE UN
Eugene Birman
EN VERTU DE... (2021)
Libretto by Stéphane Ghislain Roussel
Based on the European Convention of Human Rights
Swiss premiere
PART 2
REPRESENTATIONS AT
COMÉDIE DE GENÈVE
Viktor Ullmann
THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS
OR THE REFUSAL OF DEATH
- DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS ODER
DIE TOD-VERWEIGERUNG (1943)
Libretto by Viktor Ullmann and Peter Kien
CAST
MARC HAJJAR
musical direction
STÉPHANE GHISLAIN ROUSSEL
concept and direction
JEAN-PIERRE MICHEL
lighting
PEGGY WURTH
set design and
costumes
SANDRA POCCESCHI
dramaturgy
MICHEL DE SOUZA
soloist En vertu de…
then the Emperor Overall
JULIEN SÉGOL
Death
BENJAMIN ALUNNI
Harlequin
ALEXANDER GEBHARD
A Soldier
SHEVA TEHOVAL
Bubikopf
RAPHAËLE GREEN
The Tambour
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE FILLOL
The Loudspeaker
ENSEMBLE CONTRECHAMPS
Musicians En vertu de… :
EMMA LANDARRABILCO
ANDREAS MADER
MAX MAUSEN
PRODUCTION
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
COPRODUCTION
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
With the support of LOD muziektheater
and Enoa - a program of Europe Creative
PARTNERS
Ville de Genève
Canton de Genève
Pro Helvetia
Loterie Romande
Comédie de Genève
This committed operatic diptych takes the audience on a journey through time and space with two strikingly relevant pieces, including Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann. Presented at two emblematic venues of Geneva’s international and cultural landscape – the UN and the Comédie de Genève – the evening invites deep reflection on history and politics.
