MEDIATHEK

“Vom Lärm der Welt” is a project, in which actor- and opera-ensemble and the symphony orchestra worked together in a multi-discipline production focussing on German history and its links to Today. Author Christian Lehnert shows a journey between the Reformation until the present age. He asks the question: Do we need a radical restart or is there an opportunity to get to the good things step by step? Müntzer and Luther are two antipodes of the scenic construction created by Lehnert. We can still see their diametrical opposed positions in the present time. The year 1525, which was the time of agrarian disturbance in the middle and south parts of Germany, becomes central: Luther claims the freedom of people before God and insisted on being a part of the secular hierarchy. At the same time, Müntzer is willing to revolutionize the social conditions through a religious war. One is called “Fürstenknecht” while the other seems to be a fanatic martyr, who sends thousands of farmers in the “last, holy” battle, where they were massacred. Next to these central characters who question “Reformation or Revolution”, Lehnert shows three demons which are dark angels of the history. They take the journey through the time using quotations of Marx, Luxemburg, Trotzki and Rosenberg and sprinkle spots of slogans by them through the story. They all are similar in the promise of an end of all fights. Even the contemporary warrior of God joins this believing. In the composition of Sven Helbig evolves a special form of music theatre, which maybe can be referred to as oratorical opera: “This music is composed by a bed of alternating chords. They are created for the perspective of the acting persons in sound, rhythm and their impact. Quart and quint chords dominate the harmony as representatives of natural vibes of the universe”, Sven Helbig characterizes the experimental character of the piece.