Carmina Burana - 0 Fortuna Mit Alles Und Scharf

In the organizer's words:

With the scenic cantata "Carmina Burana", Carl Orff created one of the most popular works of the 20th century. The Latin title refers to a collection of songs from the 11th and 12th centuries. The manuscript was given the title "Carmina Burana" ("Songs from Benediktbeuern") after the place where it was found, the Benediktbeuern monastery. Orff selected 24 songs from this collection for his powerful masterpiece. The wide-ranging cross-section of themes from the medieval world includes secular and ecclesiastical power, corruption, greed, envy, love and unrestrained enjoyment of life in the form of drunkenness, gluttony, gambling and lust.

Giuseppe Spota and Alessio Monforte will take these themes further in their choreographic realization of the present day. The evening promises to be a scenic, musical and choreographic firework display that will captivate the audience in the foyer with an artistic intervention created by the winner of the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition 2024.