Demian

Date & Time

Sat, Jul 19, 2025, 20:00

Venue

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Demis Volpi creates his first full-length ballet for the Hamburg Ballet loosely based on Hermann Hesse’s "Demian" – a coming-of-age novel which, during the course of the 20th century has cyclically resurfaced, usually in times of major global political conflict. In the novel a man looks back on his childhood and youth, pondering on the events which have shaped him and the beliefs and forces from which he emancipated himself. Questions about the essence of good and evil, the inevitable... Read full text

Keywords: Ballet

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Musicians

Vitali Alekseenok	Conductor
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg	Orchestra

Program

Demian

Ballet by Demis Volpi after Hermann Hesse

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