Lorin Maazel's "2005" was released in London in 1984, and now the Regensburg Theatre is venturing into Orwellian settings with great success. The piece has aged exceptionally well, and surprisingly, the opera keeps up well with the times.
The director Sebastian Ritschel was responsible for the direction himself, and the result is an intelligent realization of the piece. The Soprano Varga is not a lover as austere as Juliet, despite all his suffering, but – despite his emphasis on suffering – he does not indulge in a tone of suffering.