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Dutch National Opera Presents DIE ERSTEN MENSCHEN
This is the first time Die ersten Menschen is being performed in the Netherlands.by BWW News Desk
This June, Dutch National Opera will present a new production of Die ersten Menschen by Rudi Stephan. The German composer (1887-1915) was only 28 years old when he died at the front in the First World War. He had just completed Die ersten Menschen at the time. The opera was given its posthumous world premiere in 1924 and has only been staged sporadically over the past century (the last time was in 1988). It can now be seen in the Netherlands for the first time. With his staging of Die ersten Menschen, Spanish theatre and opera director Calixto Bieito makes his debut at Dutch National Opera. François-Xavier Roth will conduct the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Dutch National Opera will perform Die ersten Menschen as part of the Holland Festival. This production will replace La damnation de Faust, a project that proved too large-scale un