In 1900, three keepers disappear without a trace from a remote lighthouse in the north of Scotland. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies based his chamber opera "The Lighthouse" (1980) on this unresolved incident, which retraces the events in a mixture of documentation and vision of what actually happened at the time. Maxwell Davies' composition ranges from the roaring waves surrounding the lighthouse to the chant-like arguments between the three keepers Sandy, Blazes and Arthur that lead to the catastrophe.

Philipp Brandl

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Feb 3 - Mar 5, 2025

Der Leuchtturm / Dido und Aeneas · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Future and recently performed repertoire

Aeneas-Double in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

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