Monster's Paradise
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Monster's Paradise is an opera by composer and librettist Olga Neuwirth, librettist Elfriede Jelinek, and director Tobias Kratzer. The opera premiered on 2 February 2026 at the Hamburg State Opera, Germany.[1]
The opera is written in Grand Guignol style, including satire and horror. One of the main characters is a gluttonous, insatiable President-King with a diaper and a golden necktie in an oval office. The main themes of the opera are the risk of the President-King ending the world, and actions to stop it from happening.[2][3]
Creative and production team
The full credits for Monster's Paradise are listed on the opera's page in the Hamburg State Opera website.[3][4]
- Composer – Olga Neuwirth
- Librettist – Elfriede Jelinek
- Musical Direction – Titus Engel
- Stage Director – Tobias Kratzer
- Co-Director – Matthias Piro
- Set and Costume Design – Rainer Sellmaier
- Video Design – Jonas Dahl and Janic Bebi
- Live Electronics – Markus Noisternig
- Sound Design and Samples – Oliver Brunbauer and Olga Neuwirth
- Sound Mixing – Julien Aléonard
- Lighting – Michael Bauer
- Chorus Director – Christian Günther
- Children's and Youth Chorus Director – Priscilla Prueter
- Dramaturgy – Christopher Warmuth
Principal cast and performers
- Vampi – Sarah Defrise (singer) / Sylvie Rohrer (actress)
- Bampi – Kristina Stanek (singer) / Ruth Rosenfeld (actress)
- The King-President – Georg Nigl
- Gorgonzilla – Anna Clementi
- Mickey, the King's Adjutant I / The King's Doppelgänger / Angel of Death II – Andrew Watts
- Tuckey, the King's Adjutant / Angel of Death I – Eric Jurenas
- A Bear – Ruben Drole
- The Goddess – Charlotte Rampling (video projection)
Musical ensemble and choruses
- Drum kit – Lucas Niggli
- Electric guitar – Seth Josel
- "Out-of-tune pianos" pianists – Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alexandra Stychkina
- Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera
- Alsterspatzen (Children's and Youth Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera)
- Extras of the Hamburg State Opera
