Joachim Goltz; Patrick Zielke; Raphael Wittmer; Josefin Feiler; Rebecca Blanz; Marie-Belle Sandis; Maria Polanska; Serhii Moskalchuk; Marcel Brunner; Members of the Children Choir of the Nationaltheater; Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim; Franck Ollu - Wolfgang Rihm: Jakob Lenz

Wolfgang Rihm's opera Jakob Lenz, which received its world premiere at the Hamburg State Opera's Opera stabile on 8 March 1979, can be understood as a palimpsest. Resembling a parchment on which writings of different ages overlap but always remain translucent, this opera is also the result of multiple layering: we see the historical figure of the Sturm und Drang poet Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz from the second half of the 18th century through the eyes of Georg Buchner, who wrote his Lenz novella around 1835. The story is mirrored once again in Michael Frohling's libretto version, on which Rihm's opera is based. This recording is of the opening night performance of the opera's staging at the Nationaltheater Mannheim in December 2021, conducted by Franck Ollu.