Who is actually a hero or a heroine? The old stories, as told in fairy tale books or on the opera stage, are teeming with them. There, heroic men pass difficult tests and virtuous women sacrifice themselves for love. Do these role assignments still make sense to us today? We critically and closely question operas and fairy tales with music by Ravel, Mozart, Beethoven, Bizet and Piazzolla.

An interactive lecture concert with musicians from the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin read less