Porträt einer Person mit kurzem, lockigem Haar, rotem Oberteil und grünem Hintergrund.

Nicolas Party, Portrait, 2022, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth; Foto: Adam Reich

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Passion of the Common Man

Passion of the Common Man

Daníel Bjarnason, Royce Vavrek

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PREMIERE
31 July 2026 – 8.00 p.m.
Werkstattbühne

DURATION
approx. 75 minutes (no intermission)

INTRODUCTORY TALK
45 minutes before the performance starts
Werkstattbühne, Foyer
Free admission

About

When modern medicine removes pain, social networks replace empathy with algorithms, and global crises make us grow numb—have we also lost the very pain that is an essential part of being human? And without the experience of pain, is compassion still possible?

A secular oratorio on human suffering in the 21st century

World premiere (2026)

Sung in English

Cast

Composer
Daníel Bjarnason

Stage Director, Designer
Netia Jones

Soprano
Emma Kajander

Mezzo-soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter

Tenor
Aaron Godfrey-Mayes

Baritone
Jacques Imbrailo

The Bavarian Radio Chorus

Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg

Douce France

The acclaimed Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter reveals her exceptional charm in the program Douce France. With a refined sense of atmosphere, she performs chansons and songs in exquisite arrangements for accordion, guitar, piano, and violin.

schwarz-weiß Portrait von älterer Dame mit weißen Haaren. Sie stützt Kopf auf Hände

Dreamers and the Departed

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Leo McFall

On 23 August, 2026, conductor Leo McFall, the Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg, and soprano Emma Kajander will present works by Smyth, Britten, Maconchy, and Elgar at the Festspielhaus.

Passion of the Common Man

Daníel Bjarnason, Royce Vavrek

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