The Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn offers a truly original lyrical evening by presenting two contemporary short operas. It presents Radames by Péter Eötvös and Lohengrin by Salvatore Sciarrino, two magnificent pieces that completely reinterpret famous myths with a lot of irony.
In Radames, a vast comedy sharply criticizing the theater world, a single singer embodies the tragic couple facing three tyrannical directors. This work skillfully mixes complex sounds with the familiar melodies of Verdi. Céline Steudler wonderfully plays the female role here.
Afterwards, Lohengrin offers an incredibly heavy drama focusing almost exclusively on Elsa, who is brilliantly interpreted by the highly talented soprano Céline Steudler. The invisible knight disappears; Elsa, plunging completely into madness within the psychiatric asylum, relives all her trauma in deep dramatic painful hallucinations.