Performers - Part 78

Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) is a lighthearted opera in which the hero rescues his beloved, who has been kidnapped and is being held in a Turkish harem.

In 2004, at the Komische Oper in Berlin, director Calixto Bieito transformed the setting from a Turkish harem to a Berlin brothel with fetishism, masturbation, urinating (singer on singer) and nipple-slicing. Subscribers and sponsors were outraged.

One of the characters, Osmin, who manages the seraglio, appeared completely naked, as seen above.  Osmin was played by bass singer Jens Larsen.

And you thought classical music was boring!