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LOCATION:Komische Oper Berlin\, Berlin
SUMMARY:King Roger
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DESCRIPTION:What an opera\, with its monumental archaic choral tableaux\, i
 ts impressionistic soundscapes\, its ecstatic rapture! For anyone experien
 cing Karol Szymanowski’s King Roger for the first time\, it’s a myster
 y why this work is so rarely performed. Considered one of the most underra
 ted operas ever\, it also represents the composer at the peak of his geniu
 s.\n\nThe story itself is equally compelling\, with the director Evgeny Ti
 tov interpreting it here as an existential journey in which the protagonis
 t\, King Roger II of Sicily\, leaves behind all the stiff conventions of h
 is former life and consciously chooses – before the majestically rising 
 sun – to finally accept his own true\, long-buried self. Guided by a mys
 terious shepherd who preaches a message of unconditional freedom\, beauty\
 , and sensuality\, his journey is a long one\, culminating in an orgiastic
  revel of Dionysian proportions…Since premiering a hundred years ago\, w
 hat is arguably the most important Polish opera of the first half of the t
 wentieth century has\, strangely enough\, never been fully staged by any o
 f Berlin’s major opera houses. Apart from concert performances and touri
 ng shows from Warsaw\, Evgeny Titov’s production therefore represents an
  actual Berlin premiere. It’s high time to discover a nearly unknown –
  and certainly underrated – masterpiece!
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