Detlev Glanert: Oceane

Detlev Glanert (*1960) is a contemporary German composer who found early success with his opera ,, Der Spiegel des großen Kaisers (,, The mirror of the big emporor"), which won the Rolf Liebermannopera award in 1995. His newest stage work is ,, Oceane". The premiere took place on April 28, 2019 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

and enthused both, audience and critics, and was hailed as ,,one of the most exciting new operas of recent times" by Berlin Newspaper ,, Der Tagesspiegel". Glanert and the writer Hans-Ulrich Treichel conceived the libretto loosely according to Theodor Fontane's fragment ,, Oceane von Parceval". It tells the story of Oceane, a

mystical female creature of the sea, that comes to land in search of the ability to feel emotions.