Sommer Ulrickson | Awakening
- Feb 19
- 1 min read
AWAKENING
music by Param Vir
dramatic poem by David Rudkin
World premiere
from 01 | 03 | 2026
conductor Daniel Johannes Mayr
director Vasily Barkhatov
set designer Zinovy Margolin
costume designer Olga Shaishmelashvili
video Ruth Stofer
lighting designer Olaf Winter, Jorge Delgadillo
choreography Sommer Ulrickson
co-choreography Marko Weigert
CAST
Director / Anand Mark Morouse
Prince Gautam, later The Buddha Cody Quattlebaum
Kanthak, his horse / The Celestial / An agnostic philosopher Ralf Rachbauer
Messenger of Age / Mara / A Ploughman / An amoralist philosopher Martin Tzonev
Messenger of Sickness / A fiery priest Giorgos Kanaris
Messenger of Death / A Sister Susanne Blattert
Channa / Angulimala / A Warrior King Christopher Jähnig
Lady Gautami, Later Sister Gautami Yannick-Muriel Noah
Princess Yasodhara / Young Mother Katerina von Bennigsen
A Young Actor, Later Sunita / A fatalist philosopher Tae Hwan Yun
An Extreme Asketic / A Vexed Monk Johannes Mertes
A Priest in White Miljan Milovic
A Randomist Philosopher Nicholas Probst
Tänzerinnen und Tänzer Natsuki Katori, Andras Sousa, Davide Degano, Jule Niekamp, Francesca Merolla
Chor des Theater Bonn
choir master, André Kellinghaus
Kinder- und Jugendchor des Theater Bonn
choir master, Ekaterina Klewitz
Orchester Beethoven
Orchester Bonn
AWAKENING is a production of Theater Bonn’s FOKUS’33 series, winner of the 2023 OPER! Award.
