Faust

The focus is on the scholar Faust, who strives for universal knowledge, for the ultimate understanding of the world. Earth Spirit: You resemble the spirit you comprehend, not me! Faust: Not you? To whom then? I, the image of the divine!

Around Faust's study, the further course of events unfolds in dramatic flashbacks: the Gretchen tragedy, evoked by a chorus in the mode of dark premonitions or certainties. Ultimately, it opens up a horizon of allusions to the great catastrophes of human existence, which continue to resonate into our own time.