Escape in Ecstasy – Maarten Ornstein

An angry emperor, a clever woman, advanced mathematics and three beheadings in a new opera by Maarten Ornstein.

Escape in Ecstasy celebrates the work of Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mechthild von Magdeburg, and other women from the Middle Ages and Renaissance who defied the patriarchy and made their voices heard. Their courage, conviction, and resistance against a male-dominated world continue to inspire the imagination. 

Escape in Ecstasy, composed for ensemble La Sfera Armoniosa and soloists, is an opera about the right to self-development for everyone. First performance
 May 18th 2027, O! Festival Rotterdam.