MÜNCHENER BIENNALE
FESTIVAL FÜR NEUES MUSIKTHEATER

08/05—
20/05/2026

crypt_
YURI UMEMOTO

More money, more fame, more art, more life.
In search of “more” – of excess, of abundance – a Japanese composer encounters three ghostly nobles. They put his supposed longings to the test and confront him with what truly matters to him: his faith, his music, his culture, his father.

More money, more fame, more art, more life.
In search of “more” – of excess, of abundance – a Japanese composer encounters three ghostly nobles. They put his supposed longings to the test and confront him with what truly matters to him: his faith, his music, his culture, his father. Between European opera, Japanese ghost story, anime, and artificial intelligence, „crypt_“ weaves together the tale of „Hoichi the Earless“ into a music theatre piece about ambition, identity, and the act of creation.

SAT

16.05.

SUN

17.05.

More money, more fame, more art, more life.
In search of “more” – of excess, of abundance – a Japanese composer encounters three ghostly nobles. They put his supposed longings to the test and confront him with what truly matters to him: his faith, his music, his culture, his father. Between European opera, Japanese ghost story, anime, and artificial intelligence, „crypt_“ weaves together the tale of „Hoichi the Earless“ into a music theatre piece about ambition, identity, and the act of creation.

Composition, text:

 YURI UMEMOTO

Libretto:

 GARETH MATTEY

Stage direction:

 IVAR FURRE AAM

Musical direction:

 CHRISTIAN EGGEN

Stage design:

 JAKOB OREDSSON

Dramaturgy:

 TAKUYA MAEHARA

Anime design:

 OKAI KANJI
OSLO SINFONIETTA
Co-production by Münchener Biennale and Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, Oslo Sinfonietta, Black Box teater Oslo and KLANG Festival Kopenhagen.
Composition & libretto commissioned by the City of Munich for the Münchener Biennale.