The battle between Good and Evil is ever raging in Berlin. Faced with the ticking clock of youth, we race out to hedonistic parties, guzzling booze and shushing our earnest minds, which whisper of “future consequences” and of “doing the right thing.” But have our morally dubious lives ever faced a real choice between Good and Evil?

Zoroastre, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s French Baroque operatic tragédie, offers perhaps the strongest case for the power of good, love, and purity—against hedonism, greed, and the potential horrors of power. And lucky for us Berlin miscreants, it’s premiering in our city (after its initial 1700s write-up) this summer, with breakout director Tobias Kratzer bringing us the illustrious tragedy in five acts. And we’re giving away free tickets. See below.

Zoroastre Premiere Competition – Want to win tickets?

BERLIN LOVES YOU has 1×2 tickets to give away to the premiere of Zoroastre on the 18th June at the Komische Oper. If you’d like the chance to win these tickets, email us on win@staging-berlinlovesyou.kinsta.cloud with the subject: ‘Zoroastre’.

The story’s a classic one. Zoroastre is our hero (a pioneer of the Enlightenment, magical shaman, with certainly a bit more cred than your Astrological read-up). It’s a time of great despair, as the king has died, leaving mass chaos (akin to when Foodora stops delivering at 11). Abramane has seized the throne and fallen in love with the rightful heir, Amélite. But Amélite’s in love with Zoroastre, as is Erinice, another heir. In response, Erinice and Abramane conspire together against the righteous hero and heroine, which brings about a battle between “all the might of Heaven and Earth against the forces of Hell.”

Zoroastre is playing the following dates at Komische Oper:

Jun 2017
So 18. – Premiere
Sa 24.
Mi 28.
July 2017
Do 6.
Sa 8.
Fr 14.

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CREW LIST

CONDUCTOR
Christian Curnyn
DIRECTOR
Tobias Kratzer
STAGE DESIGN AND COSTUME DESIGN
Rainer Sellmaier
VIDEO
Manuel Braun
CHOIR
David Cavelius
LIGHTING
Diego Leetz

CAST

ZOROASTRE
Thomas Walker
ABRAMANE
Thomas Dolié
AMÉLITE
Katherine Watson
ÉRINICE
Nadja Mchantaf
LA VENGEANCE
Tom Erik Lie
ZOPIRE
Denis Milo
NARBANOR
Daniil Chesnokov
OROMASÈS/ARIMAN
Johnathan McCullough
CÉPHIE
Katarzyna Włodarczyk
Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin

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