Overview
- The Komische Oper Berlin unveiled Olga Neuwirth’s operatic Orlando in a new staging by Ewelina Marciniak.
- Early reviews describe a collage of sound and image that blends electronics, orchestra, early music, and live video to keep forms in flux.
- The adaptation draws on Virginia Woolf’s tale of a life that spans centuries and shifts sex to explore identity in today’s terms.
- Critics say Marciniak frames the stage action as a march of domineering male figures that signals the grip of patriarchal power.
- The company is performing at the Schiller Theater during its home renovation, with production photos credited to Jan Windszus.