Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper

Directed by Romeo Castellucci

With Vera-Lotte Boecker, René Pape, Pavel Cernoch, Anna Kissjudit and Magnus Dietrich

Daphne lives in a world that is foreign to her. She is the embodiment of nature and finds human behaviour and desire alien. Apollo and Leucippus, both of whom desire Daphne, attend the feast of Dionysus. Leucippus puts his plan into action: Daphne abandons herself to the celebrations. Too late, Apollo, under Leucippus’ spell, realises he has acted against his divine destiny and Daphne’s nature.