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Rudi Stephan: Die ersten Menschen

Name: Rudi Stephan: Die ersten Menschen
Director: Calixto Bieito
Genre: Music
Released: 2021-06-25
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Kyle Ketelsen, Leigh Melrose, Annette Dasch, John Osborn

Rudi Stephan: Die ersten Menschen poster

Release Date: June 25, 2021

Genre: Music

Duration: 1h 43m

Director: Calixto Bieito

Cast: Kyle Ketelsen, Leigh Melrose, Annette Dasch, John Osborn

Storyline

The 2021 production by the Dutch National Opera of the work by German composer Rudi Stephan (1887–1915) "Die ersten Menschen" ("The First Humans"), completed in 1914 to a libretto by Otto Borngräber interpreting the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden through symbolism and the then nascent science of psychoanalysis. This production was part of the Holland Festival of Amsterdam.