German-Jewish essayist, philosopher, and critic Walter Benjamin were one of the early 20th century's most influential thinkers, a light in the darkness of looming war and political oppression. In Benjamin, dernière nuit, composer Michel Tabachnik and librettist Régis Debray examine this life cruelly cut short by despair in the face of Nazism. Experience the opera here in its highly acclaimed 2016 premiere production at the Lyon Opera.
Cast
Jean-Noël Briend
Walter Benjamin, singer
Sava Lolov
Walter Benjamin, actor
Michaela Kušteková
Asja Lacis
Michaela Selinger
Hannah Arendt
Charles Rice
Arthur Koestler
Scott Wilde
Gershom Sholem
Jeff Martin
Bertolt Brecht
Gilles Ragon
André Gide
Kàroly Szemerèdy
Max Horkheimer
Elsa Rigmor Thiemann
Mme Henny Gurland
Goele De Raedt
The Cabaret Singer
Baptiste Mansot
Joseph Gurland
Emmanuel Amado
Innkeeper
Bruno Froment
The Doctor
François Leviste
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