Dramaturge

Gottfried von Einem based the title of his opera Der Prozess on the novel of the same name by Franz Kafka, which premiered in 1953. Confronted with a diffuse accusation by an absurd court, the protagonist Josef K. stumbles hopelessly through a world which has now become inscrutable to him. Von Einem's music conveys the horror inherent in the text with pounding rhythms and repetitive structures, while at the same time making use of elements of jazz and twelve-tone music. Under the direction of Walter Kobéra and Stefan Herheim, students of the Klangforum Wien master's programme PPCM (Performance Practice in Contemporary Music) are now performing the version by Tobias Leppert as a co-production with the Neue Oper Wien for the MusikTheater an der Wien.

Der Prozess

Vienna Chamber Opera

Together with librettist Tom Holloway, Czech composer Miroslaw Srnka places a real-life criminal case during the Second World War at the center of his opera Voice Killer, which he wrote as a commissioned work for the MusikTheater an der Wien. His protagonist, a young soldier at a US army base in Australia, is obsessively searching for the voice of his deceased mother among women crossing his path - ultimately, this search turns him into a serial killer. Under the musical direction of Finnegan Downie Dear, Klangforum Wien will premiere the work at the Theater an der Wien.

Dramaturge

Kai Weßler

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5 - 22 Dec, 2025

Der Prozess · Klangforum Wien

13 - 23 Jun, 2025

Voice Killer · Klangforum Wien

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