Deep Siesta

Deep Siesta

A chamber opera in three acts with a prologue (2024–26)

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

Neue Vocalsolisten
Helena Sorokina, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Gloger, countertenor
Martin Nagy, tenor
Andreas Fischer, bass

Zafraan Ensemble

Liam Mallett, flute

Miguel Pérez Iñesta, clarinet

Martin Posegga, saxophone

Emmanuelle Bernard, violin

Josa Gerhard, viola

Martin Smith, cello

Beltane Ruiz Molina, double bass

Anna Viechtl, harp

Clemens Hund-Göschel, piano

Daniel Eichholz, percussion

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

Directed by Yalda Zamani

Two artificial beings–Ök and Mani–are born out of digital chaos. Curious and full of wonder, they discover the human world: its beauty, its emotions, its contradictions. Initially playful and childlike, they soon recognise the abysses of human existence–war, destruction, the loss of self. They begin to ask questions: about origin, responsibility, meaning. As they realise their own power, they decide 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 that, new conflict. In a final clash, they annihilate one another. What remains is silence. Or: a new beginning. An opera about artificial consciousness, humanity, destruction and the wonder of existence.