Serenades
When the opera closes its doors and the lights go off in the foyer, the house’s hidden rooms come to life – the dressmaking studio between glowing sewing machines, the backstage between storing curtains, the Tischlerei in dim light. Baritone Georg Nigl opens up these secret spaces for three intimate encounters between song and text.
Mozart's Clavichord > 5.&6.12.26
For the first time since 1842, Mozart’s clavichord is leaving Salzburg. His own instrument where he composed, dreamed and doubted. Between humming sewing machines in costume, the music from Papageno to the poor Violet suddenly becomes real, as though Mozart only just left the room.
With August Diehl (recitation) and Alexander Gergelyfi (clavichord).
Location: In the sewing studio
Breath Line – An Approach to Käthe Kollwitz > 13.&14.2.27
«I can scarcely believe that any art form penetrates as deeply as music,» writes Käthe Kollwitz about Schubert. What happens if her words meet his songs? A dialogue between two artists who never spoke to each other, and yet understand one another.
With Nina Hoss (recitation) and Olga Pashchenko (piano).
Location: In the stage magazine
The Last Days of Mankind > 20.6.27
Karl Kraus’ apocalyptic chronology of the First World War meets Mahler’s riven sounds and Eisler’s sharp tones. Music and language are woven into a mirror that reflects our modern day. What does the end sound like? Will we recognise it?
With Nicholas Ofczarek (recitation) and Bendix Dethleffsen (piano).
Location: Tischlerei