An opera written by a German and Austrian trio will be performed by Vietnamese artists at the Hanoi Opera House on January 14 as part of German Year in Vietnam 2010.
The opera, titled “Man goes through the valley”, has music written by German composer Pierre Oser, with lyrics by Tankred Dorst and his wife Ursula Ehler. Oser will instruct the Vietnamese artists who were handpicked from Vietnam Opera Ballet Theater and Vietnam National Music Institute.
Tankred Dorst is one of the most famous modern writers in Germany.
The opera is based on a European legend about a man named Parzival, who left his home valley to discover the world. Parzival is a wild, warlike but very innocent boy, who grew up with his single mom. His mother, Herzeloid, who is broken-hearted because of his father’s death in battle, wants Parzival to keep away from all disasters, war and death, so she does not allow him to communicate with human society.
However, the deprived isolation thrust onto Parzival robs him of the ability to love and he does not know right from wrong.
The opera asks whether the boy learn how to love when he meets the community.
The dialogue is in Vietnamese and the songs in German. All singers, musicians, actors and dancers are Vietnamese.
Free tickets are available from the second week of January at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi.
