Rudi Stephan: Die ersten Menschen

Directed by Calixto Bieito

Written by Otto Borngräber

The 2021 production by the Dutch National Opera of the work by German composer Rudi Stephan (1887–1915) "Die ersten Menschen" ("The First Humans"), completed in 1914 to a libretto by Otto Borngräber interpreting the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden through symbolism and the then nascent science of psychoanalysis. This production was part of the Holland Festival of Amsterdam.

Cast

Kyle Ketelsen

Adahm

Leigh Melrose

Kajin

Annette Dasch

Chawa

John Osborn

Chabel