Erda Speaking Hellohello

In the organizer's words:

Erda Speaking Hellohello

The goddess Erda is one of the most important characters in Richard Wagner's four-part opera Der Ring des Nibelungen. In this great story, Erda warns the god Wotan several times about the end of the world. However, Wotan does not listen to Erda and thus brings about the catastrophe. Wagner invented this goddess over 150 years ago to warn the people of his time. Erda knows everything and can predict the future. She sees the end coming. But can't the end also be a beginning?
Felix Rothenhäusler, Franz-Erdmann Meyer-Herder and Ville Haimala have rewritten Erda's story - together with ChatGPT. This new story tells of how man can be connected to nature. Together with the music of Richard Wagner, it becomes a dream journey that takes us into a better future.

Dream Journey by Ville Haimala, Felix Rothenhäusler and Franz-Erdmann Meyer-Herder in collaboration with ChatGPT based on motifs from Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung

Concept and research: Franz-Erdmann Meyer-Herder, Felix Rothenhäusler, costume: Elke von Sivers, music: Ville Haimala

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A takeover from the Stuttgart State Opera, world premiere, in German

In the Steinfoyer