The musical theatre project Combattimenti, developed for the Kammeroper by director Olivier Fredj in cooperation with the lutenist and conductor David Bergmüller, sees Monteverdi’s works, ground-breaking at the time, against the background of eternal warfare. The battle between Tancredi and Clorinda takes place in Jerusalem, a city which, instead of being a centre of peaceful coexistence, remains a symbol of conflicts related to religion and world politics to this day. What can Monteverdi’s music say to us today, in a time of seemingly insoluble crises?

A few initial impressions from rehearsals promise a gripping and poetic evening of musical theatre. This production is also part of a CAMPUS co-operation with the Bern University of the Arts (Ambra Biaggi), the Mozarteum University Salzburg (Ilyà Dovnar) and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Lazar Parežanin). The premiere is on 27 September at 7 pm at the Kammeroper, further information about the production can be found here.