Longing for wine, women and doom: Calixto Bieito stages Carl Orff’s “Trionfi” at the Hamburg State Opera, Kent Nagano conducts.
The choir, dressed in bright summer costumes, bustles through a hidden object scene, pressing wine in giant vats. But above all, they celebrate and practice earthly love in every conceivable position. High above and behind the hustle and bustle stands conductor Kent Nagano in front of his Hamburg State Opera Orchestra and whips the orgy into action as master of ceremonies.