Director Christian Lollike and composer Steingrímur Rohloff are behind this year's Melodrama, which is based on one of the most famous sacrifice stories in world history: the story of God testing Abraham's faith by asking him to sacrifice his son. It is a story that appears in both the Bible and the Quran. In the Bible, it is Isaac who must be sacrificed. In the Quran, it is Ismail. Same story, two different versions. In Christian Lollike's interpretation, the two brothers now stand face to face and try to find the truth about their shared past.

Zaki Youssef

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22 - 23 Oct, 2026

Melodrama #3 / Sacre: The First Sacrifice · Copenhagen Phil

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Actor in Le sacre du printemps by Stravinsky

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