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+++ Jonathan Stockhammer will conduct Wolfgang Rihm's new opera in Schwetzingen +++


On 2 May, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jonathan Stockhammer will premiere Wolfgang Rihm's Proserpina. The monodrama for soprano, women's choir and orchestra, based on a text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and directed for the Schwetzingen Festival by Hans Neuenfels, can also be seen on 4 and 5 May.


2/5 (premiere), 4/5 and 5/5/2009, all 8.00pm
Schwetzingen, Rokokotheater
introductory talk: 7.00pm at Zirkelsäle

Proserpina
Monodrama for soprano, women's choir and orchestra
Text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Music by Wolfgang Rihm

musical direction: Jonathan Stockhammer
stage direction: Hans Neuenfels

Mojca Erdmann, soprano
Ladies of the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

further information: www.swr.de