Benjamin, dernière nuit

Benjamin, dernière nuit — Plot

German-Jewish essayist, philosopher, and critic Walter Benjamin were one of the early 20th century's most influential thinkers, a light in the darkness of looming war and political oppression. In Benjamin, dernière nuit, composer Michel Tabachnik and librettist Régis Debray examine this life cruelly cut short by despair in the face of Nazism. Experience the opera here in its highly acclaimed 2016 premiere production at the Lyon Opera.

• Release date
• March 15, 2016
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• John Fulljames

Benjamin, dernière nuit — Cast

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Jean-Noël Briend Walter Benjamin, singer Sava Lolov Walter Benjamin, actor

M

Michaela Kušteková Asja Lacis

M

Michaela Selinger Hannah Arendt

C

Charles Rice Arthur Koestler

S

Scott Wilde Gershom Sholem

J

Jeff Martin Bertolt Brecht

G

Gilles Ragon André Gide