Der goldene Hahn

Barrie Kosky's mystical and pictorial production takes the audience into the enigmatic world of fairy tales - and tells us more about our times than one might think. After stops in Aix-en-Provence, Lyon and Adelaide, the celebrated production can now be experienced at the Komische Oper Berlin.King Dodon is plagued by worries: his kingdom is threatened by enemies all around, his sons don't have any sensible advice ready either, and in general Dodon would rather just eat and sleep instead of looking after his country. An astrologer enters the scene with the solution in his luggage: a golden rooster that crows and flaps its wings if danger threatens. King Dodon is plagued by worries: his kingdom is threatened by enemies all around, his sons don't have any sensible advice either, and in general Dodon would rather just eat and sleep instead of taking care of his country. An astrologer enters the scene with the solution in his luggage: a golden rooster that crows and flaps its wings if danger threatens. Dodon is thrilled, especially because the astrologer does not want to name the price for the precious aid until later. When war really does break out, the rooster crows and his sons are thought to have been lost in battle, Dodon has to set off in person - even if the armor no longer fits after a life of luxury. But instead of the expected battlefield, he encounters the unimaginably beautiful Queen of Shemakha. When Dodon falls for her in a love frenzy, disaster takes its course ...

Rimsky-Korsakov's last music theater work unleashes the magic of Alexander Pushkin's dark art fairy tale with an almost fabulous wealth of tonal colors. Barrie Kosky translates these into images that are as poetic as they are mysterious and exposes the innermost core of Rimsky-Korsakov's fairy tale. Comical, unsparing and sensually deep-dark-shimmering. "A star hour in the history of opera." [ONLINE MERKER]

Incidentally, director Barrie Kosky's musical partner is new music director James Gaffigan, who is the music director for The Golden Cockerel!