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LOCATION:Deutsche Oper Berlin\, Berlin
SUMMARY:The Treasure Hunter (Der Schatzgräber)
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DESCRIPTION:Els and Elis are kindred spirits in their pursuit of different 
 treasures. But even owning all the gold jewellery in the world does not sa
 tisfy either of their desires. And so this Schreker opera is once again ab
 out yearning itself\, which the composer describes as the real ‘treasure
 ’. Musical direction: Marc Albrecht\; Director: Christof Loy\; With\, am
 ong others\, Elisabet Strid\, Daniel Johansson\, Thomas Cilluffo.\nDirecto
 r Christof Loy has already helped four little-known operas from the early 
 20th century make a successful comeback at the Deutsche Oper Berlin: Erich
  Wolfgang Korngold's DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE and Riccardo Zandonai's FRANCE
 SCA DA RIMINI were followed by other long-forgotten operatic treasures: Fr
 anz Schreker's DER SCHATZGRÄBER in 2022 and finally Ottorino Respighi's L
 A FIAMMA in 2024. \n\nDER SCHATZGRÄBER was one of the most important oper
 as of the 1920s. The work was a triumph at its world premiere in Frankfurt
  in 1920 and went on to play 44 times at assorted venues over the next fiv
 e years. It then fell victim to a shifting zeitgeist and slipped from oper
 a-house programmes\, with a National Socialist ban on performances sealing
  its demise. Even after 1945 the Schreker revival was a long time coming 
 – and THE TREASURE HUNTER has not featured prominently in the renaissanc
 e.\n\nAs with the vast majority of Schreker’s libretti\, the story of El
 s and Elis explores the relationship between fantasy and reality\, between
  art and life. Soulmates in the sense that they are both at the mercy of t
 he king’s disposition\, Els and Elis set off in search of different trea
 sures. Elis\, the minstrel\, uses his magic lute to locate a stash of jewe
 ls and do humanity a good turn. Els\, an innkeeper’s daughter who has gr
 own up motherless in a tough\, male-chauvinist world\, becomes a liar\, ch
 eat and murderess in pursuit of her goal\, tasking her suitors to steal th
 e queen’s jewels and then having them killed once they have returned wit
 h the haul of treasure. Yet even with the gold in their possession\, the p
 air are not content\, and so\, true to form\, Schreker turns his attention
  to the theme of yearning per se\, which is the actual “treasure” that
  the composer is interested in\, “a dream of happiness and redemption”
 . Elis and Els are caught up in a swirl of dreams\, memories\, premonition
 s\, songs and music. Their stories take on a dreamlike quality in a world 
 beset by greed\, murder and emotional inconstancy. For Franz Schreker the 
 path to redemption could only be via art. Composed during the turmoil of t
 he First World War\, the TREASURE HUNTER score amounts to Schreker’s per
 sonal confession of artistic faith\, executed in florid strokes of late-Ro
 mantic musical colour.\n\nChristof Loy is one of the most sought-after dir
 ectors in the landscape of international opera and theatre. This is his si
 xth collaboration with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He staged FALSTAFF here a
 nd also the world’s first-ever production of Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
 ’s EDWARD II. His directorial work on Janáček’s JENŮFA in 2012\, wh
 ich was captured on DVD\, earned him 2nd prize in the “Best Opera Record
 ing” category at the Grammy Awards. With THE TREASURE HUNTER at the Deut
 sche Oper Berlin Christof Loy continues his exploration of strong female c
 haracters in little-known 20th-century works. In 2018 “Opernwelt” maga
 zine voted his production of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s THE MIRACLE OF HE
 LIANE\, conducted by Marc Albrecht\, the “Rediscovery of the Year” and
  awarded it an OPUS KLASSIK as best DVD recording\, in partnership with th
 e Naxos label. In March 2021 Riccardo Zandonai’s FRANCESCA DA RIMINI had
  its online premiere at the Bismarckstrasse venue. \n\nCollaborations betw
 een Marc Albrecht and the Deutsche Oper Berlin have a long tradition. Foll
 owing spectacular productions such as Messiaen’s SAINT FRANÇOIS D‘ASS
 ISE and Janáček’s THE MAKROPULOS AFFAIR\, he has now resumed his work 
 at the Deutsche Oper\, firstly with THE MIRACLE OF HELIANE and now with TH
 E TREASURE HUNTER. Marc Albrecht’s time as Principal Guest Conductor at 
 the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 2001 to 2014 ushered in an international car
 eer that saw him working at opera houses in Milan\, Zurich\, Bayreuth and 
 Amsterdam. He has often collaborated with Christof Loy\, with joint projec
 ts including THE BASSARIDS (2008\, Munich)\, THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG (2009\,
  Theater an der Wien)\, ARABELLA (2014) and TANNHÄUSER (2019\, Amsterdam)
 .
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