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Calixto Bieito you absolute madman. First half utter nonsense, second half sublime. How does it do it.
#opera#opera tag#Calixto Bieito#Giuseppe Verdi#Aida#Nicola Luisotti#Staatsoper unter den Linden#2023
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Premiere von Charles Gounods Roméo et Juliette
Mariame ClĂ©ment, die erstmals als Regisseurin an der Staatsoper Unter den Linden tĂ€tig ist, bringt Shakespeares weltweit bekannte Liebesgeschichte nach mehr als 100 Jahren wieder neu auf die BĂŒhne Unter den Linden. DafĂŒr arbeitet sie mit Julia Hansen zusammen, die das BĂŒhnenbild und die KostĂŒme entworfen hat. Die Staatskapelle Berlin spielt in dieser Produktion unter der musikalischen LeitungâŠ
#1867#Amitai Pati#berlin#Charles Gounod#Elsa Dreisig#Gesang#Maria Kokareva#Mariame Clément#Oper#Romeo et Juliette#Staatsoper Unter den Linden
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Verdi - Aida @ Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
#dark academia#dark#light#academia#light academia#dark academia aesthetic#opera#giuseppe verdi#verdi#aida#berlin#staatsoper#unter den linden#art#dakota warren#romantic#autumn#fall vibes
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staatsoper unter den linden afterparty was absolutely wild
after all the speeches and toasting (but free wine!) in the foyer after Calixto Bieito's TERRIBLE staging of Aida (everyone drank all the white wine so there was only red left) the nice Staatsoper press lady brought us into the cantina next door (love a secondary location) and it was the first time I'd seen Germans actually dance to fun music instead of earsplitting technoâ the supernumeraries were getting down to 80s pop hits, Jonathan Tetelman rolled up just past midnight wearing sunglasses and hit the dancefloor, and the party was going strong at 1:30 am when we left
#opera#operablr#opera tag#berlin#jonathan tetelman#aida#germany#afterparty#tenor#unter den linden#berlin state opera#staatsoper
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The Doors by Pascal Volk
#Europe#Germany#Berlin#Berlin Mitte#Mitte#Unter den Linden#Staatsoper#Doors#Puertas#TĂŒren#Nacht#Night#Noche#Langzeitbelichtung#Bulb#long-exposure#Larga exposiciĂłn#slow shutter#Alto rango dinĂĄmico#High dynamic range Image#HDR#HDRI#HDR addicted#Wide Angle#Weitwinkel#gran angular#super wide angle#Superweitwinkel#ultra wide angle#Ultraweitwinkel
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raising cain | 001
din djarin x ofc
pairing: spy!din djarin x spy!ofc rating: explicit, 18+ mdni summary: at a private gala in berlin, two agents slip inside, uninvited. unbeknownst to one another, and working for seperate agencies, they prepare to bring the same target to justice. the only problem is - one of them wants him dead, and the other wants him alive. who will succeed? will the strange connection they feel stop them from completing their mission? warnings/tags: modern au, spy!din can bring them in warm or he can bring them in cold, ofc is named + has short hair + is french, alcohol consumption, brief + unemotional mention of being an orphan, violence [including impersonal violence between din and ofc], descriptions of blood and injury and [briefly] brain matter, murder, very brief mention of sex trafficking, sexual tension like hello, choking [sexual and non sexual], ofc has an interesting relationship with pleasure and pain, fingering [not technically in public, but certainly not in private], kinda dom!din, explicit rough unprotected piv sex... on the floor... carpet burns... okay bye. word count: 9.7k series masterlist | main masterlist to raise cain means to cause a commotion, to create a disturbance, to make trouble. a/n: my only defence is that i've been watching too many james bond movies lately. also, for the record, i love berlin. also also, the smut in this made me blush. okay hope you guys like this one x follow @hier--soirupdates if you'd like to be notified when i share my writing this is part one of raising cain.
BERLIN, FEBRUARY
It is bitterly cold, and she hates Berlin.
Not because of the weather, although it never helps to visit a city one loathes while the windows are covered in a thick layer of ice and the ground a slippery sheen of sleet.
No, Cain hates Berlin because it has always been a city of business for her. Never pleasure, nor entertainment.
In the car, en route to the gala, a driver escorts her by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Berliner Dom, the Altes Museum, and each one passes her by in a blur of beige architecture and pretty lights. Endeavours for another trip, another year, another life.
She pays her driver in cash and thanks him for taking the scenic route. In broken English he slips his number into her palm and asks if she will use his services the next time she visits Berlin. She smiles and nods and doesnât tell him that she hopes to never return.
Her dress is a flimsy thing. One of satin and silk that clings to the skin of her arms, her torso. It curls around her ankles, just shy of brushing the ground as she exits the car. The air outside bites against her skin. Her feet ache and cry out for reprieve, strapped into a skimpy pair of shoes that pinch at her toes as she glides across the cobblestone path.
A clean-shaven man stands at the door, adorned in a modest suit and a winding earpiece. He requests her name, notes her face, and grants her entry with a strict nod and an all too brief once over. Handsomely oblivious to the comforting weight of a weapon at the inside of her thigh.
The venue is small, but the crowd is thick, pulsing with life; dense enough for her to mingle, to go unnoticed as she glides through the ground floor, blending into a mix of countless other women dressed in long slinky dresses. She wears black because they all do; her makeup is simple because she did not come to be remembered.
She accepts a flute of champagne from a man with a tray. Offers him a graceful smile and a softly spoken danke schön, and waits until his back is turned before tipping the golden liquid into a plant at the base of the staircase.
Chancellor Karl Weber skirts past her, one of the most powerful men in the German government, and she does not meet his eye.
She is patient; thoughtful as she surveys the room. She knows better than to move too quickly. She counts the exits and entries, the number of security guards and wait staff. Assesses the balcony that overlooks the room, curving around the entirety of the upper level, and slips up a winding staircase when she is sure no one is watching.
With every upward step, the lengthy slit down the side of her dress parts, revealing the soft skin of her legs.
Thereâs something intimate about the balcony space. Red velvet drapery covers the walls, hanging from the roof and spooling against the floors in soft crimson swirls. She takes in her surroundings, fingers twinkling across the gorgeous fabric as she walks. A slim door around the bend, at the other side of the upper level, reads NUR FĂR MITARBEITER; staff only.
Another, a few paces behind where she settles, leads to a small bathroom. Six private stalls, one with a thin window above the toilet, just wide enough for her to squeeze through. Beyond it; open air, a thick pipe that leads down to the street. Perfect for scaling.
Assuming a position near the bathroom, she tucks herself amongst the drapes. Lets shadows and velvet caress her skin and hide her from prying eyes as she juts out a knee and slips a slender hand between her thighs.
The pistol is dense. Thick and black, it rests heavily in her palm as she slips a titanium cylinder from her purse. Deft fingers lead the butt of the suppressor to the mouth of the pistol. Pin meets groove and she lets it spin, stroking cool metal as she twists and twists until it clicks into place.
Ulrich Meier stands four metres from the stage, eight from the bar, and two from the closest security guard.
Another manâtaller, leanerâtalks down to him. Speaking in hushed tones, the two of them glance over their shoulders every few moments. Careful, cunning as they talk.
And as she watches them, her face remains neutral. But somewhere inside of her chest, somewhere forbidden and secret and soft, she feels a threatening rage begin to unfurl.
Because the longer she stares, the easier it gets to picture other faces. Men and women with sallow cheeks and fear in their eyes. Countless bodies strewn apart by weaponry they had no business being close to; rigor mortis setting their horror-stricken faces in stone.
Yes, that anger unspools inside of her. Burns through her veins like ice, chilling her blood until she feels nothing but relief as she bends her elbow and lines up her shot.
Cain does not think about collateral. Cain does not think about those standing close to him, ones who will no doubt remember this night for the rest of their lives. She does not think about his wife or his children. These things do not concern her. All that matters is the mission. Â Â
Her hands are steady around the weapon, finger poised beside the thick trigger. She takes slow breaths. Deep inhales that fill her lungs, followed by warm exhales. Once, twice, three times until she is steeled. An eye pinches shut. Her finger slips over the trigger. Meier laughs at something.
And then a heavy palm lands on her waist.
âI wouldnât do that if I were you.â The manâs voice is a low, rasping thing.
She stiffens, grip freezing around the pistol. His breath hits the back of her neck, and a hundred little hairs there stand on end. She smells cologne, light and airy. Feels fingertips dig into the flesh around her hipbone. Ulrich Meier turns and walks towards a doorway, disappearing from sight.
âTake your hand off of me.â
âLower your gun.â
Cainâs elbow whips backward, cracking hard against the centre of his chest. His fingers tighten then fall from her waist and she spins on her heel, the butt of her pistol colliding with his jaw.
He stumbles backwards and she advances on him, returning the gun to the holster on her thigh before striking him across the cheek with an open palm. His head hardly even turns before heâs batting her arm down with a stern shove. Â
She throws a mean fist forward, but her knuckles barely graze his jaw before the heel of his palm snaps against her chin. The blow sends her staggering to the side, head bouncing off the wall with a low thwack. She tastes blood, the tip of her tongue stings, and when he steps closer she juts her knee into his groin. Feels the harsh rush of the breath leaving his lungs, exhaled roughly across her face, and snarls.
Cain wraps her fingers around the nape of his neck and digs her nails in, pulling him down to meet the knee that she drives into into his stomach. The man grunts against her chest, his hand grasping upward to wrap around her neck. He squeezes tight, dragging her toward him before rocking her skull into the wall again, holding her there. Stars burst in her vision, her nose tingles, and she spits a low curse. Music swells downstairs, a live band starting up on the stage. Â
Neat curls and dark eyes dance before her. She blinks to stop the world from spinning. Firm jaw⊠strong nose. Moustache. Â
âDin Djarin,â she rasps, voice strained from the pressure of his palm on her neck. âTo what do I owe the pleasure of your company?â
Recognition sparks in those dark eyes.
âCain,â he grunts, pupils like pinpricks as he assesses her face, and then his free hand is sneaking past the slit in her dress, tapping the gun at her thigh.
âA Walther?â Dinâs fingers squeeze ever so slightly tighter at the sides of her throat, callouses rough on her skin. "A little old fashioned, isn't it?"
âA German gun to kill a German cunt,â she whispers. The artery in her neck pulses and pounds, blood roaring in her ears. âIt felt fitting.â
âNo one dies tonight,â he grits out, and it takes everything she has not to laugh right in his face. He cannot see the way her arm is twisted between them, fingers working to loosen the tiny dagger resting just inside the sleeve of her dress free. Â
âI should have known,â she smirks faintly, fingers grasping the hilt of the blade now. âThe Guild do love to play around in international affairs these days.â
âQuiet,â he hisses, fingers sliding up to grip around her jaw now. His palm is hot against her lips, covering that sly smirk, the way she sucks in warm, grateful breaths. âKeep your mouth shut. Meier doesnât die tonight. Not here.â
Smooth, careful, she presses the tip of her blade against his abdomen. Only 4 inches in length, but long enoughâsharp enoughâto penetrate through two layers of clothing and pierce the thick skin of his side. Thumb and forefinger tighten, begging for an excuse to press forward, to eliminate this new complication.
But then two things happen in quick succession.
Cain hears a peal of laughter raise from the staircase and glances past Din to spot blonde hair, a red dress, and slides the dagger back inside her sleeve. Moving fast, his hand falls from her face, body curling protectively around hers in a faux embrace. He tucks his face against her neck and the short hairs in his moustache raise goosebumps on her skin.
âQuâest-ce-que tu fais?â she hisses. What are you doing?
âShut up,â he bites back, jostling her against the wall once more.
Laughter dies down into awkward chuckles and murmured words. Cain peers over Dinâs shoulder, understanding him then. Her fingers tangle in the loose curls at the nape of his neck and she watches them, ignoring how soft it is against her skin. Two women, eyes assessing them from the top of the stairs. The blonde frowns, wary; concerned.
âTheyâre looking,â Cain warns, hooking an ankle around the back of his.
Something soft skates down the side of her neck. Such a stark contrast to the rough grip of his hand before; a pair of lips tracing gentle kisses along her pulse point. For a moment, she holds her breath, focusing on the dull ache in the back of her skull, the feeling of his arms around her.Â
âMake them look away,â he says plainly, the words a hot wash against her skin.
His palm tightens around her hip, and Cain tilts her chin upward, letting the women see her smile as he lays kisses against her throat, lips parting to form a loosely whispered oh. Through heavy lidded eyes she sees the women flush and look away, one of them giggling. But they do not leave.
Meier, where is Meier? The thought jolts through her like an electric shock, and her smile fades a little.
Frustrated, she skates a hand around his body; lets it fall to the hem of his suit jacket, rucking it up until her fingers are digging into the flesh of his ass. Round and thick with muscle, he tenses beneath her grip, letting slip a harsh grunt of surprise into her ear. The women balk at that, turning to begin their descent down the stairs at last.
Biting back a smirk, Cainâs fingers trail up up up inside his jacket, around the front of his body. Down the buttons on the front of his white dress shirt, the solid muscle beneath it, to where it meets his trousers. The tips of her nails flirt across the front of his pants, and she is certain heâs stopped breathing; entire body still beneath her touch, lips frozen against her skin. Searching, searching, she finally hums triumphantly, fingers sliding over the holster on his hip at last. Hidden beneath his jacket, she fondles the butt of his gun. Slim; inconspicuous.
âHmm,â she purrs, lips brushing the soft skin of his earlobe. âI thought it would be bigger.â
âI thought I told you to shut uââ
Din flinches as her other hand touches the side of his face, a finger pressing swiftly into his ear canal. His head tilts to the side, trying to evade her touch, but sheâs already pulling away, using his surprise to slip around his body and move towards the stairs.
She smooths fingers over her hair, neatening the mussed strands and tucking them behind her ears. Straightens the neckline of her dress, ensures her holster is hidden. From where she stands, Meier is nowhere to be seen.
Din calls after her, a low warning. She doesnât look back, gripping the railing of the staircase as she begins her descent. The gala is in full swing, guests dancing and talking in every direction. A six-piece band performs a playful jazz song from the stage.
âThere is no need to shout,â Cain murmurs, smiling when she hears a sharp intake of breath through the earpiece.
She doesnât know if he follows her down. Keeps her gaze trained forward as she accepts another glass of champagne from another man with another tray. Drinks it this time, thick hurried gulps that wet the skin beside her lips and soften the rough scratch in her throat. She wanders, looking for the man she came here for, and in time she ends up at the bar.
âA vodka martini,â she tells the barman, slipping onto one of the plush highchairs at the counter. âDirty.â
The blonde man grips a clear glass bottle from his station and asks, âShaken or stirred?â
She waves a hand, unbothered. âDealerâs choice.â
Heâs short with thick hair and a reddish hue to his beard. Handsome enough. She watches him with a light curiosity as he finishes making someone elseâs drink.
It doesnât take long before Din Djarin slips onto the seat beside her, suit jacket straightened out, not a single curl out of place, and orders a cosmopolitan.
The barman pulls two frosted coup glasses from beneath the bar and Cain arches an eyebrow at her companion.
âYouâve a sweet tooth, Monsieur Djarin?â
âIt seems that way,â he murmurs, turning on his stool to face her.
Brown eyes assess her face in this new lighting, pupils flicking across everything he can see. His hand reaches across the bar and peels a small square napkin from a pile. Slides it across the wooden countertop.
âWipe your nose.â
She swipes the material beneath her nostrils and spies a small blot of blood on the fabric, crumpling it in her fist with a saccharine smile. Â Â
âIn Germany long?â he asks casually, nodding at the bartender when he places their cocktails on the counter.
âAs long as it takes.â She wraps her fingers around the stem of a chilled glass, dragging it closer. âAnd it shouldnât take long.â
He takes a lengthy sip, draining half the glass in seconds, and his eyes slip closed as the alcohol hits his tongue. Cain watches his throat move as he swallows and crosses her legs tighter on the stool. Feels her gun holster dig into the soft flesh there and welcomes the distraction.
âAlone?â
He eyes her for a second, gaze momentarily dropping to the low cut of her neckline, the swooping curve of her shoulder. âI was.â
âWell,â she holds out her glass to him. âItâs an honour.â
A beat passes as he contemplates herâher words, her steadfast gazeâand then he knocks the rim of his glass gently against hers.
âIâd apologise for upstairs,â he smiles faintly, posture loosening. âBut Iâm sure you understand.â
âThere is no need,â she agrees easily, taking her first sip. Cool vodka slips down her throat and she allows a pleased purr to fall from her lips. âTempers are frayed. Patience is short. Whatâs a little scuffle between friends, hmm?â
He smirks at that, a miniscule upward twitch of his lip. Friends.
âYou know, Iâve heard the stories about you,â he tells her.
His suit jacket is well tailored, she notices. Tight around those broad shoulders of his, hemmed perfectly around his wrists to reveal crisp white sleeves and silver cufflinks.Â
âIs that so?â
He nods. âCain, the femme fatale.â
âMm,â she smirks, tracing a finger around the rim of her glass. He watches the sharp point of her red nail ping against the coup. Glances down to her toenails peeking past the tip of her heels; the same colour. She wiggles them for him, and he looks up.
âThen it appears there are equally silly tales about the both of us, non?â
âDo tell.â
Her grin broadens, something like excitement splicing through her veins. âWell, I had wondered if it were true. That you have your own little⊠catchphrase.â Â
A low scoff rumbles from his chest, and his stare cuts to where the bartender stands, mixing a drink only a few feet away. Across the room, one of the musicians onstage starts up a winding piano solo. Sparse and melodic to start, he sprinkles his fingers against highest keys on the piano, and Cain focuses on keeping her gaze on Din. She never did care for jazz.
âDo you say it every time?â she teases in a whisper, eyes lit up with mocking glee. âI can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in coââ
âStop.â
Dinâs voice is harsh, a little too loud for the quiet space by the bar. The word cuts through the soft music and has a few guests glancing in their direction. Cain laughs, unperturbed by the sudden attention, and plucks an olive out of her drink. A saxophonist joins in with the pianist, and he relaxes once more. Leans into this little game of hers.
âDonât be a fool,â he softens, reaching over to tuck a short strand of hair behind her ear. His thumb brushes the curve of her jaw as he pulls away and she fights the shiver that trips its way down her spine. âNot every time.â
She laughs again, quietly eyeing the length of his fingers as his picks up his glass. His knuckles are thick. Warm blue veins spiderweb across the back of his hand, disappearing beneath his shirt. If she tries hard enough, she can still remember how it felt to have that hand pressed against her throat, squeezing.
âAnd what else do they tell you about me?â she licks her lips, elbow on the bar, leaning forward to rest her chin in the palm of her hand. Eager â hungry.
âI know youâre an orphan.â He is stoic as he says it; as if unphased, uninterested. But Cainâs eyebrows lift, delighted.
âThen it must be true of you too,â she posits slyly, left eyelid dropping in a wink. âNo one is more eager to accuse another of being an orphan⊠unless they themselves are one also.â
He ignores that, though she can see the way his weight shifts in the seat and the muscle in his jaw twitches.
âA Valkyrie.â
âCommon knowledge in our line of work.â
âYouâre from Paris.â
âAn easy guess,â she leans back, bored.Â
âYour first name is Nikita,â Din says then, a teasing lilt to his voice. She considers that he may enjoy this game just as much as she does.
And that makes her pause. She lifts her glass and laughs against the rim, a soft tinkling sound that rings in his ears and has every man in earshot turning to look at her.
âYou watch too many films,â she swallows with a smirk. âThink French, Monsieur Djarin.â
He ponders it for a moment, lips pursed softly, gaze darting somewhere over her shoulder and then back to her face. Takes a sip of his laughably pink cocktail and licks the residue from his lips, savouring every drop.
âCamille.â
âOh,â she rolls her eyes, fighting back a genuine smile now. âI know you can do better than that.â
Itâs his turn to wink now, and for one fleeting moment she feels oddly at peace with the idea of spending the rest of her evening at the bar with Din Djarin. A stranger, yes, but a little less so than the others that crowd the room.
In a career so harsh, characterised by its solitude, its violence, Cain is unaccustomed to the feeling of being seen like this. She knows unfamiliarity and discomfort and pain like the back of her hand. Is no stranger to a manâs grip around her throat, her life in his hands. But not this⊠this twinkle of implicit understanding that she can see in his eyes. Those endless brown eyes that say we are not so different, you and I.
Despite the bloodied napkin in her lap and the ache in her jaw, itâs enough to loosen her shoulders; to set her at ease.
But then he turns to stare pointedly over her shoulder, and she snaps out of it. Twisting around on the stool, Cain follows his gaze until she spots Meier across the room. He stands with a few others, shoulders back, eyes bright. Perfectly oblivious.
The barman slips to the other end of the counter, serving a tall gentleman, and Cain lowers her voice.
âWhat does the Guild want with Ulrich Meier?â
Din takes a sip of his drink. Keeps his eyes to the right, glossing casually over guests, the band, and then back to the asset.
âInformation,â he says finallyâcarefully. âHeâs of no use to us dead.â
She hums quietly, plucking an olive from her drink. Eats it slowly, allowing the briny taste to wash over her tongue as she watches him. When he doesnât speak again, she squints, unimpressed.
âAre you not going to ask me the same question?â
An amused sound escapes his mouth, and he meets her eye again.
âYou want Meier dead,â he muses simply. âBut why so abruptly? When there is so much to be gained from taking him in.â
âThat is not an option for us.â
âWhy?â His voice takes on a harsher quality now, eyes narrowing. Mistrust.
âDid you know that name Ulrich,â Cain murmurs, leaning forward to avoid any listening ears. âComes from the Old High German name Uodalrich? Uodal meaning heritage. Rich meaning king; ruler.â
Din Djarin says nothing.
âDid you do your research before coming to Berlin?â
âYes.â
âThen you understand that Monsieur Meier is not simply an arms dealer.â
A beat of silence. His fingers tighten around the stem of his glass. âYes.â
âHe took his name personally, you see.â Her eyes float back to Meier. âHeld it in his slimy little hands as a baby and said Oui Maman, I will rule. I will rule the desires of weaker men, and bring nightmares unto any woman that I can get these two hands on.â
âThis is about revenge.â
âThis is about justice,â Cain snaps, that calm façade slipping for a second. No more games. Dinâs spine straightens. âHave you ever spoken to a human trafficking victim?â
He takes another sip of his drink and does not respond. She does her best not to remember the photos from her briefing. Not to remember the countless interviews, witness statements, and obituaries sheâd had to paw through before her flight.
âYour silence is very telling,â she smiles, that easy composure returning. âBut I trust that you understand my position now. Ulrich Meier will be of no help to your organisation after this evening.â
âCainââ
âBecause,â she continues easily. âWhen I leave this building, he will no longer be able to speak. And if you wish to get in my way⊠then I am afraid the same fate will befall you, Monsieur Djarin.â
A soft announcement sounds through the speakers, and they turn their heads to listen. The Chancellor will be giving his speech in a few moments. Thatâs her cue.
âAnd Weber?â he asks, the words coming out stilted, rushed. âWhat do you think of him? Heâs known for turning a blind eye to Meierâs dealings.ïżœïżœ
She tilts her glass, swallowing the last of the icy liquid.
âI do my best,â she places it down on the counter with a soft clink. âNot to think of men at all. Unless it is imperative to my mission.â
âAnd yet youâve thought of me,â Din asserts, gaze heavy. His eyes slip down, just long enough for her to notice the way he stares at her mouth, before his eyes return to hers. âYou know me. Enough to recognise my face in a second.â
âAs I said,â Cain smiles, stepping down from her chair. âImperative to my mission.â
He is still as she leans in and presses a soft kiss to his left cheek, and then to his right.
âTake care, Monsieur Djarin. I would like to see you live another day,â she says, slender hand coming up to the side of his face. Her finger taps the piece in his ear once, and she is not smiling anymore. âIâll be in here if you need me.â
Cain coasts around the edge of the room, keeping her eyes to ground whenever an unfamiliar sets of eyes strays in her direction. Swipes a finger beneath her nose once or twice, checking to see if any blood has returned. And as Chancellor Weber makes his way towards the stage, she makes her way back upstairs, quietly hoping that Din does not follow her again. Â
Halfway up, a single word crackles through her ear piece.
âAmĂ©lie?â
Surprised, she grips the banister and almost turns around. But she can hear a woman speaking into a microphone in German, performing a plain and winding introduction for the Chancellor, and continues her ascent.
âWrong.â
Reassuming her position on the balcony, shrouded in waves of those soft red velvet drapes, she watches Weber take his place on the stage. A hush falls over the crowd and her eyes move fast, landing easily on the thinning grey hair atop her targetâs head. Every eye in the room is facing the stage. The Walther is thick and heavy in her palm as she ensures the silencer is correctly in place. Old fashioned indeed.
Cainâs breathing is calm, heart rate slow and measured as she raises the weapon and aims it at his head. And then, like a little ant crawling across her skin, she feels something shift. The air gets thicker, and a suddenly familiar shiver tickles its way down her spine.
Her eyes tick up and she pauses at the sight of Din on the opposite balcony railing. Almost hidden entirely by the shadows, pistol raised. And it is not pointed at Ulrich Meier, no⊠no it is pointed at her. And he is so handsome, even when heâs bluffing.
Grinning now, she lets the tip of her finger lightly caress the trigger. So gently, with no intention of doing any damage just yet. Some feeling akin to glee sparks up in her chest. Such excitement. The Chancellorâs voice fills the room, swelling from the speakers as he welcomes his guests. Â
Dinâs face is placid, unimpressed, and then that honeyed voice drifts through her ear once more.
âCeline?â
Cain allows herself a brief laugh, eyes drifting back down to rest on the man she came here for. The target drapes an arm around his wifeâs waist. She inhales deep, filling her lungs before letting the air spill from her nose. Calm, collected. All of it so easy for her.
âWrong again.â
The Walther jerks in her hand, bullet flying silently through the air, and for a moment there is silence. Nobody moves.
And then Ulrich Meierâs wife releases a blood curdling scream, dropping to her knees and cradling whatâs left of her husbandâs head in her lap. Popping the silencer off her gun, Cain catches a glimpse of thick, dark matter across the womanâs chest, spilling down the bare skin of her arms, and then she is slipping away into the bathroom in search of that thin little window.
Back on the cobblestone street, sirens wail through the air, police cars and ambulances roaring past as she traipses away from the scene. A little flushed, a little exhilarated, she blends into a crowd of pedestrians, hidden in the shadows. She cuts across the road, avoiding traffic, and heads toward Unter den Linden, knowing it is safer to walk. Donât be seen by a taxi driver, donât be recognised, donâtâ
âThat was a clean shot.â
The words ring in her ear, clear as day.
Cainâs feet drag to a halt against the ground, shoulders stiffening. She turns, eyes assessing the busy pathway behind her, a parked car idling by the side of the road a few metres back. But she canât see him anywhere. Countless unfamiliar faces wander by, jostling her shoulders as they pass, but he isnât amongst them. Heâs hiding somewhere, watching her from afar â playing his own little game now. Shivering against the cold, she turns and continues walking.
And then: âI thought I might follow you home.â
The words are so confident, so self-assured, and they send a rush of jagged heat blossoming between her thighs. Her heels clip against the ground, knees feeling a little weaker all of a sudden. Â
âWould you like that?â he asks, and she wishes she could see his face. Wants to see the desire burning in his eyes, the sharp line of his jaw as those words drift from his pink lips.
âOnly if you can keep up.â A little breathless, the words form a soft cloud in the air in front of her face.
Din laughs, low and dark in her ear, but he doesnât speak again.
She walks for a long time, ambling her way down dark streets, icy wind whipping at her hair for all of half an hour before she finally reaches the street of her hotel. And all the while, she spares quick little glances over her shoulders, trying to spot him in the shadows. Her clothes begin to feel too tight, too warm, despite the low temperature, and with every step her panties cling closer to her warm, wet skin.
The hotel doorman smiles tiredly at Cain as she approaches, holding the door open wide to welcome her inside. As her feet hit the entryway steps, his eyes flit over her shoulder.
âEin freund von dir?â A friend of yours?
When she turns, she is quietly amazed to find Din there. Gait unhurried, only a few steps behind her. Thereâs an easy smile spread across his face. Hands tucked deep in his pockets; the top button of his shirt undone.
âJa,â Cain murmurs, slipping inside.
Din nods to the doorman, following her in. âGuten Abend.â Good evening.
They do not speak as she leads him toward the elevator. Her numb fingers slide against the button with an upward pointing arrow, and together they wait. Heat radiates from his body, warming the skin of her back where he stands behind her, so close yet not touching her yet. Together they slip inside when the doors open.
She presses a button, the number twelve lighting up on the switchboard, and the doors glide closed.
Soft, tinny music plays in the elevator, and they stare at each other from either side of the small space. Dinâs chest rises and falls with steady, measured breaths. He watches her and she watches the buttons on the wall, lighting up in turn as the two of them travel up, up, up.
Two floors below Cainâs, he speaks for the first time.
âVivienne,â he says. âFinal guess.â
Her eyes flash to him and she smiles, the skin beside her eyes pinching.
âItâs Remy,â she reveals at last, voice so soft, so forgiving now that her mission is complete.
âRemy,â he repeats. Rolls the r like she does, hums around the y. Sees how it tastes in his mouth and steps forward, saying it again, again. Remy, Remy, Remy, Remy Cain.
âDonât wear it ouââ
His lips crush against hers, chest warm as he pushes her back back back into the wall. His hand flies up, cradling the back of her skull to protect it from the wall. Not a third time. Despite the softness of his hand, the way his fingers card gently through the short locks of her hair, his kiss is biting. A wet mess of clashing teeth and tongues as he works her jaw open, coaxing his way inside of her mouth. A rough exhale streams from his nostrils, warming the skin of her face. His breath tastes like Cointreau and lime, and she moans.Â
His hand slips up her thigh, trailing past that slit in her dress for the second time this evening, until his fingers are brushing against the front of her panties. Feeling the thick damp strip in the lace, the way the thin material clings to her centre.
âFuck,â he exhales, and when he meets her eyes again his pupils are blown fat and black with desire. Moving fast, he tugs the gun from her holster. She pauses, eyes narrowing, but then he tucks it into the waistband at the back of his trousers, simply allowing space for his forearm to rest between her thighs.
The elevator thrums around them, stomachs dropping as the metal box takes them higher and higher through the building. A finger curls around the edge of her panties, dragging them to the side, and when he finally slides through her wet cunt she sighs into his mouth, every muscle in her body pulling taut and warm.Â
His touch is lax, almost taunting as he sucks her tongue into his mouth and traces a digit over the drooling mouth of her entrance, smearing it up to make a mess of her clit. When she moans he presses down; careful little circles there, messy figure eights, a sharp back and forth back and forth back and forth, trying to see what she likes best. And the second her eyes pinch shut, a low curse falling from her lips, the elevator dings.
His hand whips out, slamming against the red emergency stop button. The elevator jerks to an abrupt halt and then heâs on her again. Teeth at her collarbone, her neck, her jaw, fingers moving in a slick blur against her pussy. Her thighs splay apart, and she leans heavy against the wall, knees shaky, trusting him to keep her from falling to the ground.Â
âSo fucking wet for me,â he murmurs, the words brimming with pride, and she trembles beneath his touch, needing more and needing it now.
âInside,â she pants, lips parted and searching for his again. âWant your fingers inside me.â
Din swallows those words down, pressing two fingers inside of her with a groan. Remy gasps, bearing down on the weight of his fingers and shivering as he curls them inside of her. Stretching her out and grinding his knuckles against her entrance with every deep thrust.
âYeah?â he goads, watchful eyes drinking in the way she moans for him, turning her face into her shoulder as if to hide how good it feels. âYou like that, hm?â
Warm wetness pools out of her, dripping past his knuckles and onto the inside of her thighs. Obscene sounds fill the tiny space as he pumps in and out of her, and she catches herself glancing upward, searching for a security camera. She spots it in the corner just as he fits a third finger inside and grinds the heel of his palm against her clit, her mouth falling open with a rough groan. Her shoulders tilt forward, forehead knocking against his shoulder, and Din grunts, fucking her harder. His fingers never leave her wet clutch now, the tips of them persistently working against that soft spot at the top of her walls.
âSuch a tight little cunt,â heâs saying, nipping at her earlobe, but the words blur and warble around the rushing in her ears. âSqueezing my fingers so good, youâre so good.â Â
She grips the back of his neck, squeezing desperately. Her jaw aches with the strain of hanging slack.
âTell me,â he says roughly, growing impatient. Everything feels hot, too hot; the skin of her face against his shoulder, her chest, the sizzling tension coiling in her core.
âClose,â she chokes out. Din snakes his free arm around the back of her waist, steadying her loose-limbed frame between his body and the wall. âJust a little longeâohhh, merde.â
He shifts then, the thick heft of his cock crushing against her thigh through their clothes. He presses a finger against her clit now. And that low rub, his calloused thumb paired with three thick fingers massaging into her, is enough to send her spilling over the edge.
A hoarse cry pries its way out of her throat, body shaking against his and he works her through it, still pressing down against the aching bundle of nerves at the top of her sex. She pulses around his fingers, everything pulling tight and wet around them as she comes. Teeth sink into the lapel of his jacket in an attempt to muffle her cries but his arm is dropping from her waist, hand coming up to grip her jaw and push her back.
âLet me hear it,â he purrs, voice like silk as it washes over the skin of her neck. Â
âOhh,â she moans, uncaring now about the camera, about who will hear. Focusing wholly on his fingers on her face, her cunt, the way her entire world seems to shake within his grasp.
He holds her there, lets her shake and shiver beneath his touch until the ebbs of pleasure finally fade and sheâs strong enough to stand on her own. Remy watches as he takes a small step backward, pressing one hand over the front of his trousers and three slick fingers past his lips to taste her come. Dinâs eyes slip shut at the taste, lips pursing as he sucks the remnants of her from his skin. Flushed and awed by the intimacy of it, the depravity of it, she looks away.
Her fingers tremble against the button as she presses it, and the elevator shudders back to life around them. Another sharp ding rings out again, the doors sliding open within seconds.
A few paces down the hall, the key card slips easily against her door, and she presses it open, flushed as she steps inside and kicks off her heels. She discards them somewhere to the side, turning to watch him follow her in, toes sinking gratefully into the rough carpet beneath her feet.
The door slams shut behind him and he tears his jacket off, letting it drop to the floor as he makes his way further inside. And he looks so much more intimidating like this, she thinks. Domineering as he advances on her, the thick length of his cock evident against the front of his pants. Despite him aiming a gun at her less than an hour ago, despite the way he slunk through the shadows to follow her back here, this is the first time all evening that sheâs felt eager to bend to his will, his desire. Her heart races, thudding heavily against her ribcage, and he grins wickedly at her, as if he can fucking hear it.
They collide in the middle of the room, slick swollen lips sliding against each other in a mess of harsh exhales and lewd smacking sounds. Her hands roam across the vast expanse of his chest, trailing down to cup him through his pants. He groans at the feeling, hips jerking forward, seeking more more more. He rips the gun from his holster and tosses it onto the bed, her Walther following shortly from the back of his waistband, and then his hands are on her too. Fat palms pawing at her body, gripping the meat of her ass and squeezing, trapping her against his chest so he can rut his cock against her stomach. Din grips the back of her head then, thumbs rough against the apples of her cheeks as his mouth devours hers.
Thick fingers drift from the ends of her hair down the nape of her neck, the curve of her spine, until they slip beneath the back of her dress. Distracting her with his kiss, greedy and lustful and dominating â she doesnât notice his curious fingers until theyâre curling around the fabric and ripping. Remy staggers backwards with the force of it, gripping his neck. He snarls into her mouth, following her to the ground as she falls. The breath rushes from her lungs and her tailbone aches from how she lands but she doesnât care. Doesnât even care when Din straddles her waist, chest heaving, and continues to tear satin and silk from her body. The black material practically shreds in his hands. So thin and delicate, the threads fall apart with every twist, every yank, until heâs prying the ruined dress away and throwing it towards the bed. Â
Remyâs fingers work hastily to undo the buttons on his shirt, but just as she reaches the fourth one, heâs gripping her hands, pinning them above her head. Dinâs free hand works open his belt, the button and zip on his trousers, and then heâs dragging them down his legs, freeing the thick weight of his cock. She gasps, eyeing the angry red tip hungrily. Heâs thick and long and leaking against the white material of his shirt. Her hands push against his and she grunts when he simply tightens his grasp on her, the friction of the coarse carpet harsh against her skin.
âI let you have your way back there,â Din says, eyes blazing. âAre you gonna let me have mine now?â
Her body stills, wholly captivated beneath the heat of his gaze, the weight of his thighs over her hips.
âYes,â she exhales, mind a blur, limbs still loose and heavy from her orgasm. âYes, Din, just fuck me.â
âThe Guild are gonna have my fucking head for this,â he mutters, fingers falling from her hands to rest heavily at the waistband of her panties.
Remy isnât sure if heâs talking about Meier or her, but she doesnât fucking care. What happens to Din after tonight is not her problem.
He toys with her for a moment, tickling the skin around her navel, above the band of her panties, before his fingers hook around it andâsnap. She flinches as the material is torn away, her skin pinching beneath the lace.
She stares up at him, clad in nothing but the pale material of her bra now. He watches the way her chest heaves beneath it, nipples painfully stiff against the thin lace.
âIt was the right thing to do.â
âI know,â he snaps angrily. He shifts back, moving down her body until he can pry her legs from between his, spreading them open on the carpet to display her glistening cunt to him. The sight seems to stem his anger a little, jaw going loose as he gazes down at the shiny swollen mess of her.
A thick thumb swipes through her folds, pinching one of them back to hold her open for him to ogle at.
âSuch a pretty little cunt,â he tuts under his breath, thumbing at the flesh between her clit and her hole.
Her face heats, heart stuttering in her chest a little at this feeling of exposure. Can feel the intensity of his stare practically inside of her the longer he looks, waiting for something.
âSo take it,â she says finally, patience thinning.
She fists his shirt in her hands and tugs him forward, breath hitching when he grips his cock and jerks it slowly, smearing her wetness down the length of it before notching his tip at her entrance.
He pushes inside of her in one fell swoop, hardly giving her a moment to adjust to the fat girth of his tip before heâs pressing deeper. Lips on lips, sucking the breath from her lungs, their kiss vibrates with the strength of his groan. It tastes like relief, like understanding. And for a moment itâs just that. The thick weight of him seated inside of her, his chest against hers as they kiss lazily, sloppily, smearing spit across each other faces, tasting beneath tongues, behind teeth.
âSo fucking tight,â Din bites out, forehead heavy against hers.
âMm,â she whines, face screwed up.
A dull burn ricochets through her abdomen, the stretch more than sheâs taken in a while. Remy wills herself to relax, but desire has her core tightening around him, sucking him in further and further until the coarse hairs at his base are flush against her clit and thereâs nothing more to take. She loops a leg around his waist and ruts up against him, and anything soft about him vanishes.
Dinâs thrusts are punishing. Hard and fast, the weight of his hips rocking her into the ground over and over, until she can feel carpet burns forming at the base of her spine, the soft skin of her ass. Every slick pass of the heft of his cock punches the air from her lungs and has her eyelids fluttering.
Itâs greedy, the way he fucks her. Like heâs had it before, perhaps in a past life, and been deprived of her touch for years. He fucks her like he misses her. Like he loves her or hates her or something dark and grotesque in between the two emotions. Like if this were the last thing he ever got to do in this lifetime, then he was going to do it right.
So she says, âHarder,â and he grits his teeth, fucking her into the carpet until sheâs sure thereâll be littles scrapes and bruises on her back in the morning.
The tip of his cock brushes near to the end of her, and every little nudge there has her gasping in an intoxicating medley of pain and pleasure.
âThere?â
âYes,â she begs. âFuckingâyes.â
Din works her open like itâs his fucking job. Settles on his knees and drags her ass up onto his thighs, splitting her open with every brutal thrust, hands fitted over her waist in a vice.
Up close like this she can see past the collar of his shirt. Can see thick raised lines on his skin, pink and purple scars beneath his collarbones. She reaches up and lays a hand there, feels his heart jack hammering against the marred skin, and moans his name. Din, Din, Din.
And he likes that. Releases an almost pained moan at the sound of his name on her lips, leaning down to attach his mouth to her neck. He bites and sucks and kisses, leaving a trail of deep dark marks from the hollow of her throat to the hinge of her jaw.
âThatâs it,â he snarls into her skin, hand lowering to press down above her mound, and that mixed with the sound of his voice makes a fresh load of slick gush out of her. Pushes her deeper into this depraved, endless pit of pleasure heâs raining down upon her.
He tells her again, say it again, and she cries out Din, head lolling back against the floor.
Something fierce begins to brew inside of her. A bright white twisting feeling that frays and sparks like a live wire, stoked by the speed of his movement, the firm press of his hand against her lower stomach. And just as she thinks sheâs there, almost there, so close, a shrill ringing comes from the sofa to their left.
Dinâs hips stutter against hers, head snapping to the side to pinpoint where the interruption emanates from. A little pink phone rings and rings, the sound piercing through her ears and setting her teeth on edge. She taps his chest quickly, urging him back. He frowns, opens his mouth to tell her no, tell her ignore it, but she pushes him harder, again and again until he slips out of her with a haggard moan.
He grips her waist and turns their bodies, landing on his back with a thud. Eyes trained on his face, the dark red blush on his cheeks, his swollen mouth, she reaches out blindly, snatching the phone from the receiver and putting it to her ear.
âAllo?â Remy breathes, eyebrows pinching together as she sinks down onto his cock, free hand splayed on his stomach. âBonjour.âÂ
He props himself up in a seated position, resting back on one hand while the other comes up to grope at her chest. Cocky asshole. But her eyes glaze over as she takes in the tanned skin that peeks out of his shirt again, the soft smattering of hair between his pecks. Legs spread out wide on the carpet, he watches her bounce slowly on his cock, nodding in encouragement but careful not to speak, lest he be heard down the line by her handler.
At this angle his tip presses into her g-spot with every movement. It only takes a moment for that low burn to start up again in the base of her stomach. Her mouth is open wide, ragged breaths spilling from her lips as she listens to the words being spoken down the line. Â
She says, âOuais, câest fait.â Yeah, itâs done.
Dinâs fingers flex around the cup of her bra, tugging down the fabric to let one of her tits spill out. He sighs heavily, leaning forward to latch his mouth onto the skin there. Lathing hot, messy kisses against her sternum, her nipple, and then grazing his teeth over the sensitive bud. She trembles against him, hand coming up to grip the back of his head and hold his face there. He sucks it into his mouth, pulls it taut between his lips before letting it slip out with a wet pop.
âĂ bientĂŽt.â See you soon.
She hangs up the phone with a rough clang, and then her mouth is seeking his out again. Teeth clash and she moans at the sharp pain, uncaring. Dinâs grip on her waist tightens and he plants his feet on the carpet, fucking up into her at a break-neck pace. She cries into his mouth, a harsh animalistic sound, and her stomach is pulling tight, cramping up. Her cunt locks down around him, and when she comes itâs a low throb of a feeling. A deep swooping ache that spills from her core and spreads out through her thighs, her stomach, until her body is jerking and twitching above him.
âFuck yes,â he grits out, white teeth flashing in her hazy vision. He doesnât give out, spitting a mess of thatâs it, fucking give it to me as her pussy flutters and drools around his cock. Her hips roll and stutter over his, the muscles in her stomach twitching beneath the skin, and Din swears under his breath. Her vision whites out, throat hoarse and head pounding as she succumbs to the pleasure. And he feeds off it.
âGod, look at you,â he grunts, prolonging that low burn in her gut the longer he fucks into that softest warmest little spot. âMade to take this cock.â
âSay it,â he rasps urgently, eyes rolling back when her hand grips his throat for purchase, nails digging sharply into the skin over his thrumming carotid. âSay you fucking want it.â
âI want it,â she moans, back arching, knees on fire where they slide against the carpet at his sides. âWant your come, Din, fuckâfuck, give it to me, give it to me.â
His body practically vibrates as he comes. A thousand tiny little twitches and spasms rocking through this frame, the muscles in his thick thighs turning to tense stone beneath her. A gravelly shout falls from his lips, cock kicking hot and hard against her walls until she feels his spend begin to seep out of her around his length and pool around his base. Â
Itâs almost frantic, the way his hands clutch at her body, clinging to any part of her that he can. And when she thinks he might pull her closer, press himself deeper to keep painting the inside of her walls, he pushes her away, dragging himself from her clutch just to grip his length in a tight fist.
He strokes himself in tight wet movements, a few final weak spurts of his come shooting up to land over her mound and the swollen lips of her pussy. And only when heâs done, spent cock beginning to soften in his palm, does he pull her down a little. Resting wet hands over the base of her spine to feel the way she shivers, body shuddering its way through the aftershocks of her orgasm.
Remyâs chest expands with stilted, ragged gasps for air, trying desperately to fill her lungs as she folds against his hot thick frame, exhausted.
And after a few moments the foggy, erotic blur that held her mind in a vice for the past few hours slowly begins to lift. Dinâs hand is on the back of her thigh, fingers splayed, tickling the skin there, and the weight of it suddenly itches. Reality drifts back in and it feels heavy on her shoulders. The clock beside the hotel bed reads 9:12 â her flight out of Berlin leaves in two hours.
His hand drifts up her back, nudging her down to rest her head against his chest. Her body aches suddenly; dull pains popping up in her neck, her jaw, her hips. She remembers the way it felt to have his palm strike her chin and almost smiles.
A metre away, her suitcase lies spread open on the floor. Clothes and lingerie and a gun peek out of the red trunk. She can see two passports beside it, stacked neatly atop one another. And she knows that his hotel room canât look that dissimilar from his own, but it feels too much now. As their breathing starts to even out, vision swinging back into focus, this level of intimacy â having another person, even a colleague of sorts â seeing behind the scenes of what after looks like for her⊠it feels like a splinter in the tip of her finger. A sharp sting that wonât go away. Wrong.
Remy rests her chin against his collarbone and glances up at him. Dinâs eyes are closed, lips parted as soft breaths puff out from between them. He looks tired â almost as tired as she feels.
âIâm going to shower,â she tells him, fingers brushing curls back off his forehead. His eyes are soft, warm as they open to watches her stand. Too much, that look in his eyes. Too close. âBe gone when I come out, okay?â
Remy turns, back to him as she grips the handle of the ensuite door, and for a moment she pauses. Feels the weight of the silence between them, the heady scent of sweat and come in the air, on her skin, and glances over her shoulder. Looks between him spread out on the floor and her things dotted across the room. An empty martini glass lying on its side. The blush-coloured rotary phone on the hotel sofa. Passports with different names, birth dates, home countries, addresses, and her face. She knows that has to be firm now. Â
âDonât give me a reason to kill you, mon chĂ©re.â My darling.
Dinâs lips curl up into a smile and his eyes drift up to stare at the ceiling. âWouldnât dream of it.â
She slips inside the bathroom and pulls the door almost closed behind her. Twists a nozzle until water is beating down against the floor of the shower and steam begins to fill the room. Silently, she pries open a cabinet and slips her hand beneath the sink, feeling around until her fingers grasp the pistol strapped there.
Bare skin of her back flush to the wall, thighs still wet with come and sweat, she peers out through the crack in the door. Still ajar, she can see him past the wooden frame. Sat on the edge of the bed with his back to her, looping his belt through the waist of his trousers. With her eyes trained on the soft skin of his neck, on messy curls, on shoulder blades and biceps that bulge out against the thin material of his dress shirt â she leads a silencer into place over the mouth of her gun. A rhythmic repetition, the exact same as earlier. She doesnât even need to look down. Pin meet groove, twist, twist, twist.
Din slips his arms inside the suit jacket, elbows bending as he smooths his palms along the front of it. She holds her breath as he turns, as he takes three steps toward the hotel room door, and thenâpauses. Hand on the doorhandle, he does not move.
Remyâs finger rests featherlight on the trigger.
She is calm. What happens next is his choice. Â
And he must know this because he does not turn around. Does not try to catch one last look at her. His fingers curl around the handle and he slips out the door, closing it was a soft click behind him. The air in the room rushes to fill his sudden absence.
Only when there is silence does she exhale, dropping the pistol onto the marble countertop beside the sink. And she smiles as she slinks beneath the hot spray of the shower head, letting it rush over the crown of her skull and drench her hair.
Her scalp stings and pink water swirls in the drain, blood slipping from a little cut on the back of her head. She pays it little mind, tilting her chin up so the scalding water hits her face too, stripping away a thick layer of sweat and blood and secrets from her skin. The silence stretches, and her smile grows. He does not come back.
Smart choice, Din Djarin.
thank you so much for reading! x
#i know the fire brigade probably gets called when you hit the emergency stop in an elevator#but this is a fantasy land where i get to make the rules#my writing#fic: raising cain#din djarin fanfiction#din djarin au fanfic#din djarin x ofc#din djarin smut#din djarin fic
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Zdenka Fassbender Bohemian soprano; b. DÄÄĂn, Dec. 12, 1879; d. Munich, March 14, 1954. She studied voice in Prague with Sophie Löwe-Destinn; made her operatic debut in Karlsruhe in 1899; from 1906 to 1919 she was one of the principal singers at the Munich Opera; she also sang at Covent Garden in London (1910, 1913). Felix Mottl married her on his deathbed to sanction their long- standing alliance. She was particularly regarded as an outstanding Wagner interpreter, as Venus in TannhĂ€user, Ortrud in Lohengrin, Isolde in Tristan und Isolde], BrĂŒnnhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen and Kundry in Parsifal. She sang other important roles as Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Iphigenia in Gluck's Iphigenie auf Tauris, Alceste by Gluck, as Valentine in Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer, Dido in Les Troyens by Berlioz, Katharina in Der WiderspĂ€nstigen ZĂ€hmung by Hermann Goetz, Minneleide in Die Rose vom Liebesgarten by Pfitzner, Gundula in Der Bergsee by Julius Bittner and Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio.When Richard Strauss wanted to perform his opera Elektra in Munich in 1909, FaĂbender took over the title role at his request. She also appeared in the Munich premieres of the operas Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert (1908, as Martha), Tosca (1909, title role), Der Rosenkavalier (1911, as Marschallin), Der arme Heinrich by Hans Pfitzner (1913, as Hilde) and Mona Lisa by Max von Schillings (1917, title role).Guest appearances took her to the Wiener Hofoper (1904), to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (1909) and often to Stuttgart, to the court theatres of Wiesbaden and Mannheim and to the opera house of Cologne. She also took part in the Wagner-Mozart festival from 1907 to 1910. In 1910 and 1913 she sang Elektra and Isolde under the conduct of Sir Thomas Beecham in London and from 1912 to 1914 she sang in the performances of the Ring cycle at the ThĂ©Ăątre de la Monnaie in Brussels. In 1924, she announced her retirement from the stage. In 1928, she appeared again at the Munich State Opera as Elektra. She was a member of the Staatsoper until 1931.
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So happy that my drawing "l'Esquif" is used by the berliner Staatsoper Unter Den Linden @staatsoperberlin as cover image for their new production booklet : Robinson. Robinson is "a chamber opera for self-playing pianos, machines and seven islands (2023)", text by Sigrid Behrens, music by Oscar Strasnoy #opera #robinson #staatsoper #staatsoperunterdenlinden #kevinlucbert #booklet
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Ălafur ElĂasson designing sets, costumes, and lighting for Jean-Philippe Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie in Berlin's Staatsoper unter den Linden ngl
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directors using colorful or "impossible" lighting to convey mood and meaning and beauty my beloved. directors making night scenes impossible to see for the sake of realism my beloathed.
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31 DE MARĂO DE 2024 : DOMINGO DE PĂSCOA EM BERLIM NA COMPANHIA DO IRMĂO MIGUEL .ALMOĂO NO FAMOSO BORCHARDT E DEPOIS VISITA Ă NEUE GALERIE PARA A IMPORTANTE EXPOSIĂĂO â EXTREME TENSION ART BETWEEN POLITICS AND SOCIETY. 1945-2000â AMANHĂ O FIM DA TETRALOGIA COM GOTTADERMERUNG : o Miguel chegou ontem para uma visita relĂąmpago com o fim de assistir ao CrepĂșsculo dos Deuses do Anel da Staatsoper Unter den Linden . Depois de terminado o magnĂfico Siegfried de ontem regressado ao hotel esperei por ele e foi com grande alegria que o vi chegar . Hoje tĂnhamos um programa que desenhei para este domingo de PĂĄscoa inusitado . Começamos por almoçar no histĂłrico restaurante Brochardt favorito de Gerard Schroeder e nosso . Eu deliciei-me com um raro âKalbsleber Berliner Artâ e o Miguel com um gigantesco Wiener Schnitzel .No icon da gastronomia alemĂŁ o fĂgado de vitela Ă© enxaguado, seco, polvilhado com farinha dourado na sertĂŁ onde as cebolas foram salteadas anteriormente temperado com sal e pimenta e coberto com cebola e maçãs. Depois abandonei ( com gosto ) a ideia de ir ver Happy Days de Beckett no English Theater por actores irlandeses para levar o Miguel a ver na renovada Neue National Gallery a importante exposição âExtreme Tension Art between Politics and Society 1945-2000 â.A arte da segunda metade do sĂ©culo XX Ă© marcada por uma enorme diversidade de materiais, meios e mĂ©todos. Ao mesmo tempo, dificilmente outra era foi tĂŁo caracterizada por divisĂŁo, ruptura e transformação quanto o perĂodo apĂłs a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Holocausto e guerra, agitação e emancipação, Guerra Fria e a queda do Muro de Berlim levaram nĂŁo apenas a tensĂ”es dentro da sociedade, mas tambĂ©m a um realinhamento fundamental na arte visual. A exposição aborda temas artĂsticos e sociais centrais do sĂ©culo XX em 14 seçÔes, incluindo realismo e abstração, polĂtica e sociedade, cotidiano e pop, feminismo, identidade e natureza e ecologia. A mostra abrange trabalhos-chave da Alemanha Ocidental e Oriental, Europa Ocidental e EUA, e ex-paĂses socialistas. As obras em exibição vem do movimento de arte informal e da pintura de campo de cores norte-americana, arte pop e minimalismo, bem como da arte conceptual de artistas como Marina Abramovich, Joseph Beuys, Francis Bacon, Lee Bontecou, Rebecca Horn, Valie Export, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Louise Nevelson, Bridget Riley, Pipilotti Rist e Willi Sitte. A coleção Ă© complementada por uma sĂ©rie de obras e artistas, como Kiki Kogelnik e Ewa Partum, ainda nĂŁo representados na coleção. Colossal ! No dia seguinte serĂĄ o epĂlogo da PĂĄscoa dos irmĂŁos com chave de ouro com o CrepĂșsculo dos Deuses .
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KlassikweltThielemann: Berlins Exzellenz
Die JF schreibt: »Christian Thielemann, der Erbe der groĂen deutschen Kapellmeistertradition, wird Generalmusikdirektor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Sein herausragendes Können ist unbestritten, nur an der âHaltungâ hapert es, mosert die Hauptstadtpresse. Von Michael Klonovsky. Dieser Beitrag KlassikweltThielemann: Berlins Exzellenz wurde veröffentlich auf JUNGE FREIHEIT. http://dlvr.it/Sx76qF «
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Kinder 8-10 Jahre (w/m/d) fĂŒr Oper "MedĂ©e" (vergĂŒtet)
Staatsoper Unter den Linden sucht Statist/Komparse oder Statistin/Komparsin fĂŒr Oper "MedĂ©e" in Berlin (Deutschland). http://dlvr.it/SqB37b
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Daniel Barenboim stopper
PRESSEMEDDELELSE I dag fratrĂ„dte Daniel Barenboim sin stilling som musikalsk leder for Staatsoper Unter den Linden i en personlig erklĂŠring: DesvĂŠrre er mit helbred blevet vĂŠsentligt forvĂŠrret det seneste Ă„r. Jeg kan ikke lĂŠngere levere det prĂŠstationsniveau, der med rette krĂŠves af en musikalsk leder. Derfor beder jeg om jeres forstĂ„else for, at jeg opgiver denne stilling pr. 31. januar 2023.âŠ
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... keine Spur von Besucherschwund: fĂŒr alle Schwanensee Vorstellungen vom Staatsballett Berlin in der Staatsoper Unter den Linden im Dezember 2022 und Januar 2023 gibt es keine Karten mehr ... Bildarchiv: Proben
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Staatsoper Berlin: Mozartâs Zauberflöte
Magische Momente und zauberhafte Starbesetzung in Mozartâs Oper "die Zauberflöte" in der Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Ein Highlight in der Vorweihnachtszeit.
Mit dem Besuch von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartâs wohl bekanntester Oper die Zauberflöte in der Staatsoper Unter den Linden ist fĂŒr mich ein langersehnter Traum wahr geworden. Das Privileg den zauberhaften Stimmen der Sopranistinnen Victoria Randem als Prinzessin Pamina und Caroline Wettergreen in der Königin der Nacht lauschen zu dĂŒrfen, erfreute allgemein nicht nur wegen den Evergreens derâŠ
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