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LOCATION:Komische Oper Berlin\, Berlin
SUMMARY:Belshazzar
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DESCRIPTION:The ruling strongman is back—the kind of man who wipes the sl
 ate clean\, knocks things over\, takes action\, and grabs what he wants\, 
 all while feeling magnificent\, youthful\, and cheerfully destructive. Kin
 g Belshazzar was one such figure\, a despotic ruler from biblical times...
 \n\nDuring a bacchanalian royal banquet\, King Belshazzar taunts the Jewis
 h god Jehovah and declares\, ‘I am the King of Babylon!’ But at midnig
 ht\, mysterious writing appears on the wall: MENE\, MENE\, TEKEL UPHARSIN 
 . No one can interpret it. The wise Queen Mother wants to consult the Jewi
 sh prophet Daniel. Once summoned\, he reveals the meaning. MENE : the God 
 you’ve blasphemed has numbered your days and will bring them to an end. 
 TEKEL : you’ve been weighed and found wanting. UPHARSIN : your kingdom w
 ill be divided between the Medes and the Persians. The oratorio ends with 
 the prophecy fulfilled: the death of the tyrant king and the joyful delive
 rance of both Babylonians and Jews from his rule.It’s the perfect materi
 al for Herbert Fritsch\, who’s happily back for another run. In his hand
 s\, the story of King Belshazzar is transformed\, with Handel’s oratorio
  becoming a wild dance. His unrestrained theatrical vision propels its cha
 racters through a tumult of psychological states—bluster and joy\, love 
 and hate\, hope and hubris\, horror and panic. Every emotional space finds
  its echo in Handel’s music. It’s from the finely woven textures of th
 is baroque masterpiece that Fritsch extracts the motifs for his grotesque 
 corporeal compositions. ‘Everything must be brought into a raging order
 ’ wrote Antonin Artaud\, offering a mantra that could likewise apply to 
 this evening of Handel and Fritsch at the Komische Oper. Everyone’s on t
 he edge of their seats—Fritsch included!
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