ICH GEH UNTER LAUTER SCHATTEN

What determines life more than the thought of its finiteness? The small step over the threshold at the end – in truth an eternity. In his last work Quatre chants pour franchir le seuilFour songs to cross the threshold the composer Gérard Grisey sends first the angel over the ominous threshold, then civilization, the voice and finally mankind. And each time, the membrane between life and death appears more permeable.

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2022

  • A production of the Ruhrtriennale.
  • CHORWERK RUHR (rehearsal: BÉNI CSILLAG)
  • KLANGFORUM WIEN
  • Musical direction: PETER RUNDEL
  • Direction: ELISABETH STÖPPLER
  • stage: HERMANN FEUCHTER
  • Costumes: SUSANNE MAIER-STAUFEN
  • Sound Design: THOMAS WEGNER
  • Lighting Design: ULRICH SCHNEIDER
  • Dramaturgy: BARBARA ECKLE
  • Mask: Pia Norberg
  • Stimme I: SOPHIA BURGOS
  • Stimme II: KERSTIN AVEMO
  • Stimme III: KRISTINA STANEK
  • Stimme IV: CAROLINE MELZER
  • Stimme V: ERIC HOUZELOT
  • Tenorsolo: LEONHARD RESO

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Photos from video: © 2022 Ruhrtriennale