Alan Pearson, Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra, Ravi Shankar, Joan Run - Thomalla, Hans (1975-) Dark Spring : Pierson / Mannheim National Theatre, S.Lavi, Hybiner, Diffey, El-Bushra (2020 Stereo)(2Cd) - Import 2 CD

Credits:

Alan Pearson, Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra, Ravi Shankar, Joan Run

Description:

Four teenagers in their mid-teens studying at a German gymnasium become sexually awakened in a repressive environment, and the situation soon takes a tragic turn... "The Rise of Spring", a famous play by Frank Wedekind, a great German writer, was first performed in 1891, but it became a social problem and was banned until the first half of the 20th century. In 2006, the play was adapted into a rock musical on Broadway, which became an instant hit and continued to run until 2009. While the musical's story centers on a young boy named Melchior and a girl named Bendola, Hans Tomala's opera focuses on the mixed emotions of four young people, depicting their hopes for success and the violent acts that result from their feelings of powerlessness. As he did in his 2011 opera "The Unknown," Tomala creates a story of chaos through a collage of rock rhythms, singers' screams, and repetitive words, interspersed with the roar of a fragmented orchestra. Naxos Japan