Monster's Paradise
- 03/04/2027, from 19:30 to 22:15
- 08/04/2027, from 19:30 to 22:15
- 10/04/2027, from 19:30 to 22:15
- 14/04/2027, from 19:30 to 22:15
- 17/04/2027, from 19:30 to 22:15
- 25/04/2027, from 15:00 to 17:45
- 30/04/2027, from 19:30 to 22:15
- Opera/Operetta
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Monster's Paradise by Elfriede Jelinek and Olga Neuwirth at Graz Opera
'Two "vampirettes" on a global mission, salvation imaginable only through a creature with inhuman qualities – a monster – and music theatre as a reflection of a world coming apart at the seams: Monster's Paradise brings together Olga Neuwirth's radical musical imagination and Elfriede Jelinek's razor-sharp language with wit, dark humour and striking social commentary. Internationally acclaimed director Tobias Kratzer transforms this brand-new political grotesque into a spectacular contemporary music theatre experience.
More than twenty years after their landmark collaborations Bählamms Fest and Lost Highway, Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek reunite to create a biting allegory of the present. Inspired by works such as Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre and Penderecki's Ubu Rex, they send two "vampirettes" on an absurd journey through a collapsing world, exploring power, media frenzy and humanity's decline. The result is a provocative blend of political satire, myth and dark comedy that asks whether the world can only be saved by a monster.
Austrian premiere – a co-production with the Hamburg State Opera and Zurich Opera House.
Performed in German and English with German surtitles.
Tickets: Available online at ticketzentrum.at or from the Ticketzentrum, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 10, 8010 Graz.
