The American composer John Adams and librettist Peter Sellars focus on the marginalized perspectives of Mary and Martha. In their Opera/Oratorio The Gospel According to the Other Mary they set Biblical characters and events, including the resurrection of Lazarus and the passion of Christ, in a powerfully political, contemporary light. When Mary is released from jail, she is reunited with Martha, her sister. Martha runs a shelter for unemployed and homeless women. When their brother Lazarus dies before their eyes while an uprising rumbles outside, each sister’s attitudes and beliefs are put to the test.
Cast
- Stage direction
- Lisenka Heijboer Castañón
- Bühnenbild, Licht & Video
- Hendrik Walther
- Set design
- Sarah Nixon
- Costume design
- Carmen Schabracq
- Choreography
- Miguel Alejandro Castillo Le Maitre
- Sounddesign
- Martin Lukesch
- Dramaturgie
- Antonio Cuenca Ruiz
- Choir director
- Roger Díaz-Cajamarca
- Choir director
- Holger Kristen