Gottfried von Einem based the title of his opera Der Prozess on the novel of the same name by Franz Kafka, which premiered in 1953. Confronted with a diffuse accusation by an absurd court, the protagonist Josef K. stumbles hopelessly through a world which has now become inscrutable to him. Von Einem's music conveys the horror inherent in the text with pounding rhythms and repetitive structures, while at the same time making use of elements of jazz and twelve-tone music. Under the direction of Walter Kobéra and Stefan Herheim, students of the Klangforum Wien master's programme PPCM (Performance Practice in Contemporary Music) are now performing the version by Tobias Leppert as a co-production with the Neue Oper Wien for the MusikTheater an der Wien.
Premiere: 05 December, 2024
Further performance dates: December 7, 9, 12, 14, 20 and 22, 2024