Rued Langgaard: Antikrist

Thomas Lehman (Lucifer), Jonas Grundner-Culemann (The Voice of God), Irene Roberts (The Air of Mystery), Valeriia Savinskaia (The Echo of The Air of Mystery), Clemens Bieber (The Mouth Speaking Great Words), Maire Therese Carmack (Despondency), Flurina Stucki (The Great Whore), AJ Glueckert (The...

Visually, the result is outstanding, an almost non-stop use of choreography practically turning the piece into an opera-ballet. Stephan Zilias conducts a memorable performance. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th Jul 2024
Catalogue No: NBD0176V
Label: Naxos

International Opera Awards

2024

Shortlisted - Complete Recording
BBC Music Magazine

October 2024

Opera & Stage Choice
International Classical Music Awards

2025

Nominated - Video Opera

Langgaard, R: Antikrist

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Rued Langgaard’s remarkable opera Antikrist confronts the decline and fall of Western civilisation, critiquing modern lifestyles and ways of thinking, which resonates with our times more than ever before. Never performed in the composer’s lifetime, Antikrist blends Romantic and contemporary styles to create a score that is both seductive and opulent, while the lack of a conventional plot creates space for an ironic and sarcastic exposé of contemporary civilisation’s weaknesses. This spectacular Deutsche Oper Berlin production was acclaimed in The New York Times as a ‘riotously colourful, boldly stylised staging (in) a near-breathless swirl’.

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October 2024

Visually, the result is outstanding, an almost non-stop use of choreography practically turning the piece into an opera-ballet. Stephan Zilias conducts a memorable performance.

September 2024

although this enterprising production – vividly filmed – does little to persuade a sceptic of Antikrist’s viability as drama, it certainly leaves one freshly convinced of the individuality of Langgaard’s voice and the undeniable power of his conviction.

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