Das Jagdgewehr
Recorded live at the Bregenz Festival, 15 August 2018.
Thomas Larcher has adapted Yasushi Inoue’s best-seller The Hunting Gun for his first opera, with a libretto by Austrian Book Prize winner Friederike Gösweiner. Austrian actor and film director Karl Markovics made his debut as stage director for an opera. The story tells of three women, who speak in three letters addressed to the same man, a hunter – his wife, his lover and his lover’s daughter. As the women react to the revelation of illicit love, the hunter’s life is laid bare.
Runtime: 103 min
Cast
- Sarah Aristidou - Shoko
- Giulia Peri - Midori
- Olivia Vermeulen - Saiko
- Robin Tritschler - The Poet
- Andrè Schuen - Josuke Misugi
Original Language: de
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Das Jagdgewehr about?
- Thomas Larcher has adapted Yasushi Inoue’s best-seller The Hunting Gun for his first opera, with a libretto by Austrian Book Prize winner Friederike Gösweiner. Austrian actor and film director Karl Markovics made his debut as stage director for an opera. The story tells of three women, who speak in three letters addressed to the same man, a hunter – his wife, his lover and his lover’s daughter. As the women react to the revelation of illicit love, the hunter’s life is laid bare.
- Who stars in Das Jagdgewehr?
- Das Jagdgewehr stars Sarah Aristidou, Giulia Peri, Olivia Vermeulen, Robin Tritschler, Andrè Schuen.
- How long is Das Jagdgewehr?
- Das Jagdgewehr has a runtime of 1h 43m (103 minutes).