A Woman-Hater

In a quiet Alpine hotel the chance encounter of two solitary travelers sets the stage for a quietly tense drama. One is a striking young woman, her sharp eyes and disciplined demeanor hinting at a secret purpose that she keeps close‑minded as she flips through a visitor’s log, assessing each name with clinical curiosity. The other is a harried theatre agent, pressed for time to find a replacement singer for an ailing star, his urgency spilling into every hurried sentence he mutters in broken German.

When the woman’s resonant voice reaches across the dining room, the agent is instantly drawn, recognizing a familiar timbre that once lit the Munich opera stage. Their brief, charged exchange reveals a tangled past of fame, ambition, and unfulfilled promises, while the thin veil of their current missions—her unknown hunt and his desperate search for a vocalist—creates a palpable undercurrent. Listeners are invited into a moment of intrigue, where each character’s hidden motives begin to surface against the backdrop of a modest inn.