Benjamin, dernière nuit (2016)
German-Jewish essayist, philosopher, and critic Walter Benjamin were one of the early 20th century's most influential thinkers, a light in the darkness of looming war and political oppression. In Benjamin, dernière nuit, composer Michel Tabachnik and librettist Régis Debray examine this life cruelly cut short by despair in the face of Nazism. Experience the opera here in its highly acclaimed 2016 premiere production at the Lyon Opera.
Director: John Fulljames
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Jean-Noël Briend as Walter Benjamin, singer |
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Sava Lolov as Walter Benjamin, actor |
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Michaela Kušteková as Asja Lacis |
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Michaela Selinger as Hannah Arendt |
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Charles Rice as Arthur Koestler |
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Scott Wilde as Gershom Sholem |
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Jeff Martin as Bertolt Brecht |
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Gilles Ragon as André Gide |
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Kàroly Szemerèdy as Max Horkheimer |
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Elsa Rigmor Thiemann as Mme Henny Gurland |
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Goele De Raedt as The Cabaret Singer |
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Baptiste Mansot as Joseph Gurland |
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Emmanuel Amado as Innkeeper |
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Bruno Froment as The Doctor |
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François Leviste as Actor-archivist |
| Art | Michael Levine | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christina Cunningham | Costume Design |
| Lighting | James Farncombe | Lighting Design |
| Crew | Maxine Braham | Choreographer |
| Writing | Régis Debray | Writer |
| Directing | John Fulljames | Director |
| Sound | Michel Tabachnik | Original Music Composer |
