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Hans Thomalla: Dark Fall

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Composer
Hans Thomalla
Artist
Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Estelle Kruger, Uwe Eikotter, Lila Chrisp, Thomas Berau
Format
CD
Label
Oehms Classics
Released
Oct 16, 2026
Catalog #
OC 2000
UPC
4260034869790

About

Dark Fall is an opera about love and longing in old age. The story centres on Ellen, a married woman who is showing the first signs of Alzheimer's disease. Despite these symptoms, or perhaps because of them, she falls in love with Owen, an old friend who visits Ellen and her husband. Dark Fall questions notions about love and partnership in old age: When are we too ill or too old to be allowed to fall in love again? to start a new life with a new partner and be able to leave someone else? when are we too limited in our autonomy to freely decide our lives? Together with Dark Spring (UA Mannheim 2020), Dark Fall is conceived as the second part of a theatrical Diptych of Desire. The pieces can be performed either separately or together as a double feature.

Tracklist 34 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I: One, two, three, four (Ellen, Curtis, Ilse) 02:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I: One, two, three, four (Ellen, Curtis, Ilse)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Uwe Eikötter, Lila Chrisp
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  3. 2 Act I: Aria: Why Don't You Listen? (Curtis) 01:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Aria: Why Don't You Listen? (Curtis)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  4. 3 Act I: When you've reached my age (Ellen, Ilse, Curtis) 01:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: When you've reached my age (Ellen, Ilse, Curtis)
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Lila Chrisp, Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  5. 4 Act I: Aria: Why Should I Listen? (Ellen) 02:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: Aria: Why Should I Listen? (Ellen)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  6. 5 Act I: Duet: How Will I Survive… Wednesday We Smash the Patriarchy!… (Ellen, Ilse) 02:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: Duet: How Will I Survive… Wednesday We Smash the Patriarchy!… (Ellen, Ilse)
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Lila Chrisp
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  7. 6 Act I: Aria: What Is Going On With You, Ellen? (Ellen) 05:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: Aria: What Is Going On With You, Ellen? (Ellen)
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  8. 7 Act I: You must be Owen (Ilse, Owen) 02:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: You must be Owen (Ilse, Owen)
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Lila Chrisp, Thomas Berau
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  9. 8 Act I: Learn This, Do That! (Owen, Ilse, Ellen, Curtis) 02:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I: Learn This, Do That! (Owen, Ilse, Ellen, Curtis)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Thomas Berau, Lila Chrisp, Estelle Kruger, Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  10. 9 Act I: Welcome! (Curtis, Owen, Ilse, Ellen) 00:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: Welcome! (Curtis, Owen, Ilse, Ellen)
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Uwe Eikötter, Thomas Berau, Lila Chrisp, Estelle Kruger
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  11. 10 Act I: Quartet: Wednesday We Smash the Patriarchy! (Ellen, Ilse, Owen, Curtis) 01:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I: Quartet: Wednesday We Smash the Patriarchy! (Ellen, Ilse, Owen, Curtis)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Lila Chrisp, Thomas Berau, Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  12. 11 Act I: Interlude 1 02:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I: Interlude 1
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  13. 12 Act II: Look, these journals (Ilse, Ellen) 05:05
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Look, these journals (Ilse, Ellen)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Lila Chrisp, Estelle Kruger
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  14. 13 Act II: Aria: Sometimes I Feel (Ilse) 04:33
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Aria: Sometimes I Feel (Ilse)
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Lila Chrisp
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  15. 14 Act II: It looks like the attempt to put order in all your things (Owen, Ellen) 01:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: It looks like the attempt to put order in all your things (Owen, Ellen)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Thomas Berau, Estelle Kruger
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  16. 15 Act II: Duet: Nothing Seems As It Used To Be (Ellen, Owen) 03:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II: Duet: Nothing Seems As It Used To Be (Ellen, Owen)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Thomas Berau
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  17. 16 Act II: Look! It's Curtis, you, and me! (Ellen, Owen) 00:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act II: Look! It's Curtis, you, and me! (Ellen, Owen)
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Thomas Berau
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  18. 17 Act II: Ellen, what happened here? (Curtis, Ellen) 00:24
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act II: Ellen, what happened here? (Curtis, Ellen)
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Uwe Eikötter, Estelle Kruger
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  19. 18 Act II: Aria: I Do This! (Curtis) 01:29
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act II: Aria: I Do This! (Curtis)
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  20. 19 Act II: I will clean up now (Ellen, Curtis, Owen, Ilse) 04:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act II: I will clean up now (Ellen, Curtis, Owen, Ilse)
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Uwe Eikötter, Thomas Berau, Lila Chrisp
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  21. 20 Act II: Quartet: Elective Affinity! (Ellen, Ilse, Owen, Curtis) 06:06
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act II: Quartet: Elective Affinity! (Ellen, Ilse, Owen, Curtis)
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Lila Chrisp, Thomas Berau, Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  22. Disc 2
  23. 1 Act II: Duet: I Feel That I've Begun To Disappear (Ellen, Owen) 12:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II: Duet: I Feel That I've Begun To Disappear (Ellen, Owen)
    Duration
    12:39
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Thomas Berau
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  24. 2 Act II: Aria: I Am Become Cerberus With Three Heads (Curtis) 02:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II: Aria: I Am Become Cerberus With Three Heads (Curtis)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  25. 3 Act II: The past months must have been difficult (Ilse, Curtis) 01:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II: The past months must have been difficult (Ilse, Curtis)
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Lila Chrisp, Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  26. 4 Act II: Duet: You're Kind, But No One Can Help You Worry (Curtis, Ilse) 05:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II: Duet: You're Kind, But No One Can Help You Worry (Curtis, Ilse)
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Uwe Eikötter, Lila Chrisp
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  27. 5 Act II: Interlude 2 01:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II: Interlude 2
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  28. 6 Act III: Terzet: One, Two, Three, Four (Ellen, Owen, Ilse) 03:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act III: Terzet: One, Two, Three, Four (Ellen, Owen, Ilse)
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Thomas Berau, Lila Chrisp
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  29. 7 Act III: It's such a nice holiday in this hotel here (Ellen, Ilse, Owen) 02:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III: It's such a nice holiday in this hotel here (Ellen, Ilse, Owen)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Lila Chrisp, Thomas Berau
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  30. 8 Act III: Aria: Don't You Remember? (Ilse) 02:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III: Aria: Don't You Remember? (Ilse)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Lila Chrisp
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  31. 9 Act III: Do I remember? (Ellen, Ilse, Owen) 01:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act III: Do I remember? (Ellen, Ilse, Owen)
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger, Lila Chrisp, Thomas Berau
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  32. 10 Act III: Aria: I Fall (Ellen) 07:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act III: Aria: I Fall (Ellen)
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Estelle Kruger
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  33. 11 Act III: Owen, this day shows that we all have to rethink our actions (Ilse, Owen) 01:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III: Owen, this day shows that we all have to rethink our actions (Ilse, Owen)
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Lila Chrisp, Thomas Berau
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  34. 12 Act III: Aria: Each Time You Walk Out The Door (Owen) 04:20
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act III: Aria: Each Time You Walk Out The Door (Owen)
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Thomas Berau
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  35. 13 Act III: Curtis! Ilse! (Ilse, Owen, Curtis) 04:08
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act III: Curtis! Ilse! (Ilse, Owen, Curtis)
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Lila Chrisp, Thomas Berau, Uwe Eikötter
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson
  36. 14 Act III: Terzet: Ellen, Tell Us Where You Have Gone (Curtis, Owen, Ilse) 07:14
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act III: Terzet: Ellen, Tell Us Where You Have Gone (Curtis, Owen, Ilse)
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Hans Thomalla
    Performer
    Uwe Eikötter, Thomas Berau, Lila Chrisp
    Ensemble
    Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alan Pierson