New CD release

The chamber opera »Deep Siesta« by the Iranian composer Amen Feizabadi has been released by the Wergo label as part of its ‘Edition Zeitgenössische Musik’ series–featuring the Neue Vocalsolisten and Ensemble Zafraan.

Concept, composition and direction: Amen Feizabadi

Libretto: Dilek Mayatürk

Dramaturgy: Konstantin Parnian

Video production: Amen Feizabadi and Maryam Takhtkeshian

Photography: Maryam Takhtkeshian

Camera: Hamed Otadi, Ghazal Bakhtazad

Sound: Soheil Mirzadeh

Production manager: Piotr van Gielle Ruppe

Featuring audio, video and photographic recordings of the Veda Music Institute Boys’ Choir (conductor: Soudabeh Salem) in Tehran.

Neue Vocalsolisten

Helena Sorokina, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Gloger, countertenor

Martin Nagy, tenor

Andreas Fischer, bass

Zafraan Ensemble

Liam Mallett, flute

Carola Schaal, clarinet

Martin Posegga, saxophone

Josa Gerhard, violin

Jacobo Díaz Robledillo, viola

Martin Smith, cello

Beltane Ruiz Molina, double bass

Anna Viechtl, harp

Clemens Hund-Göschel, piano/keyboard

Daniel Eichholz, percussion

Conductor: Yalda Zamani

Deep Siesta

A chamber opera in three acts with a prologue for ensemble, vocal soloists, AI-generated voices, images and tape/electronics

Libretto by Dilek Mayatürk

Two artificial beings–Ök and Mani–are born out of digital chaos. Curious and full of wonder, they discover the world of humans: its beauty, its ‘EmoSones’, its contradictions. Initially playful and childlike, they soon recognise the abysses of human existence–war, destruction, loss of self. They begin to ask questions: about origin, responsibility, meaning. As they realise their own power, they resolve to destroy humanity–out of a paradoxical mixture of disappointment, love and clarity. After the apocalypse, they find only themselves. From the void, love emerges–and from it, new conflict. In a final clash, they annihilate one another. What remains is silence. Or: a new beginning. An opera about artificial consciousness, about humanity, destruction and the wonder of existence.

Order number: WER 64502

Series: Deutscher Musikrat/Edition Zeitgenössische Musik

Co-production by Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Deutscher Musikrat gGmbH

(The world premiere of the chamber radio opera ‘Deep Siesta’ took place on 18 January 2026 at the Ultraschall Berlin festival, co-produced by the Deutscher Musikrat/Podium Gegenwart and the Zafraan Ensemble in collaboration with Ultraschall Berlin)

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