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A ritual with the opera Ayam\u00e9<\/em> by K\u014dsaku Yamada<\/strong>
\nAdaption. Premiere on August 1, 2020. Until August 16, 2020.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we discovered the one-act Ayam\u00e9<\/em>, the word pandemic was one of many in most people’s passive vocabulary. When Vincent Stefan and his team developed their concept for this wonderful opera trouvaille – never before performed in Europe – Corona was at best understood as a brand of beer. And when director Fabian Gerhardt began rehearsals in January 2019 and explored the idea of a ritualistic play by three young people locked in ice-cold isolation, no one could have guessed what experiences and feelings they would all bring to the opening of the season in summer 2020.
\nHow peculiar, that this one-act opera from 1931 is the first production under Corona-related rules of play and hygiene – this wonderful music oscillating between Debussy, Richard Strauss and Japanese sounds to the drama of the girl Ayam\u00e9 (Yuri Mizobuchi), who works as a prostitute to pay off the debts of her deceased father. When all the advice of an obscure friend (Martin Gerke) and all attempts to escape fail, they decide on a ritualistic and originally Japanese way out…<\/p>\n

Our production from last year asked about the right of self-determination of life and body, about the possibilities of closeness, intimacy and freedom – now we play and experience this story, even more clearly set at a distance, under rituals that affect us all.<\/p>\n

Musical arrangement and direction: Markus Syperek | Concept: Vincent Stefan | Production: Fabian Gerhardt | Stage: Sabrina Rossetto | Costume: Rebekka Dornhege Reyes | Videos: Florian Japp, Vincent Stefan | Dramaturgy: Bernhard Glocksin | Keyboard instruments: Markus Syperek | Violoncello: Lorraine Buzea | Saxophones: Ruth Velten<\/p>\n

With Yuri Mizobuchi, Daniel Arnaldos, Martin Gerke<\/p>\n