BACK AND FORTH

a chamber opera by Paul Hindemith

Libretto Marcellus Schiffer
Conductor Anthony Armore
Text Bertolt Brecht
Director Morten Roesen
Scenography Zlatna Mihaylova
Choreographer Romina Slavova
Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera

Robert – Nikolay Motsov
Helene, his wife – Emiliya Dzhurova
Professor, Doctor – Ivan Kabamitov
Ambulance man – Petar Yankulov
Wise man – Milko Mihaylov
Aunt Emma – Margarita Lachezarova

Back and Forth is an opera-sketch composed by Paul Hindemith. The composer wrote it for the collection of operatic miniatures, presented at the Festival in Baden-Baden. Its duration is only 12 minutes.  The action, like in a devilish palindrome, takes place forward and then backward – forward. A tragedy unfolds which comprises jealousy, murder and suicide. All this is repeated backwards, so the opera has a happy end.

Duration: 13 minutes without an antract
Performed in German with titles in Bulgarian
Premiere:  13 March 2018 – Chamber Stage „In the Pocket 234”