Received in the mail this morning : program book for 'Paradise Reloaded' by Peter Eötvös in Chemnitz

This Saturday morning, I have also received in the mail the program book published by Theater Chemnitz for the German première of the opera Paradise Reloaded (Lilith) by Peter Eötvös. The opera was first performed in Vienna (Wien Modern festival) on October 25th, 2013, but I never received the original program book.

The program from Chemnitz is a 32 pages brochure. It contains :

- complete cast and crew;
- color photos of the production ;
- synopsis ;
 - an article on the opera by Jon Philipp von Linden ;
- an excerpt of Imre Madach's Die Tragödie des Menschen ;
- biography of the composer ;
- an interview of the conductor Frank Beermann ;
- biographies of the team and singers.

2014-2015 Season in Chemnitz

During the 2014-2015 season, the Opera House in Chemnitz will present 5 new productions :

 
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold : Die tote Stadt (conducted by Frank Beermann, directed by Helen Malkowsky) ;
- Gioachino Rossini : La Cenerentola (conducted by Felix Bender, directed by Kobie van Rensburg) ;
- Giuseppe Verdi : Otello (conducted by Frank Beermann, directed by Michael Heinricke) ;
- Peter Eötvös : Paradise Reloaded (Lilith), conducted by Frank Beermann, directed by Helen Malkowsky (German première, after the world première in Vienna in October 2013 ;
- Franz Lehar : Der Graf von Luxemburg (conducted by Felix Bender, directed by Ulrich Proschka).

Five productions of operas and musicals by Mozart, Humperdinck, Orff, Loewe and Wagner will be revived.