Benjamin

Author(s): Peter Ruzicka
About major 20th-century thinkers — two German-Jewish intellectuals who fled the Nazis. Walter Benjamin was a German philosopher and cultural scientist. Peter Ruzicka’s powerful third opera, “Benjamin,” written for the Hamburg State Opera takes us through the various stations of the philosopher’s exile in 90 feverish minutes.
Format: Opera
Running Time: 90 Minutes

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