Overview

Robert Schumann’s secular oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri, created and first performed in 1843. The libretto derives from a German translation of a verse epic by the Irish writer Thomas More entitled Lalla Rookh, which in turn makes use of Persian mythology.

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Cast

Vera-Lotte Boecker

Eliza Boom

Kady Evanyshyn

Annika Schlicht

Kai Kluge