Benjamin, dernière nuit

Overview

German-Jewish essayist, philosopher, and critic Walter Benjamin were one of the early 20th century's most influential thinkers, a light in the darkness of looming war and political oppression. In Benjamin, dernière nuit, composer Michel Tabachnik and librettist Régis Debray examine this life cruelly cut short by despair in the face of Nazism. Experience the opera here in its highly acclaimed 2016 premiere production at the Lyon Opera.

Cast

Jean-Noël Briend

Walter Benjamin, singer

Sava Lolov

Walter Benjamin, actor

Michaela Kušteková

Asja Lacis

Michaela Selinger

Hannah Arendt

Charles Rice

Arthur Koestler

Scott Wilde

Gershom Sholem

Jeff Martin

Bertolt Brecht

Gilles Ragon

André Gide

Kàroly Szemerèdy

Max Horkheimer

Elsa Rigmor Thiemann

Mme Henny Gurland