Six amazing nights performing at “Théâtre de la Ville” with the sublime version of “Death in Venice” directed by Thomas Ostermeier. The public reaction was breathtaking, I’m still shaking…
Thanks so much Paris!!!!!
Here some reviews:
Thomas Mann
Premiere “Der Tod in Venedig/Kindertotenlieder” by Thomas Ostermeier
After presenting the piece at the Festival Mettre en Escène 2012/ Thèâtre National de Bratagne, finally comes to Germany the next creation of Thomas Ostermeier / Schaubühne Berlin.
Come!! I wait you at the Theatre!!
Der Tod in Venedig/Kindertotenlieder
after Thomas Mann/Gustav Mahler
A Version by Maja Zade and Thomas Ostermeier
Direction: Thomas Ostermeier
Premiere in Rennes on November 10th, 2012
Premiere in Berlin on January 12th, 2013
The writer Gustav von Aschenbach is consumed by wanderlust. He travels to Venice in the hope of freeing himself from work regime. When he encounters the fourteen-year-old Tadzio, Aschenbach is consumed by an unprecedented passion. In the boy Aschenbach believes he has found the embodiment of his artistic ideals. Soon, however, the yearning for youthful beauty is transformed into a wild and deadly obsession. Thomas Ostermeier’s production is an experimental arrangement: a narrator, a pianist, a video artist and a group of actors and dancers approach the subjects of erotic passion, physicality and transience which are at the core of Thomas Mann’s novella. The inner drama of the aging man finds its musical counterpart in Josef Bierbichler’s interpretation of the »Kindertotenlieder« by Gustav Mahler – Thomas Mann’s inspiration for the character of Gustav von Aschenbach.
Coproduction with Théâtre National de Bretagne in Rennes.
Direction Thomas Ostermeier
Choreography Mikel Aristegui
Stage Jan Pappelbaum
Costume Bernd Skodzig
Music Timo Kreuser
Video Benjamin Krieg
Dramaturgy Maja Zade
Light Erich Schneider
Sound Direction Daniel Plewe
With
Bernardo Arias Porras
Josef Bierbichler
Martina Borroni
Marcela Giesche
Sabine Hollweck
Rosabel Huguet
Leon Klose/Maximilian Ostermann
Felix Römer
Kay Bartholomäus Schulze
Piano/ Timo Kreuser
Photo/ Roger Rossell
Dates
12.01.2013, 20.00 h
13.01.2013, 20.00 h
14.01.2013, 20.00 h
15.01.2013, 20.00 h
23.02.2013, 20.00 h
24.02.2013, 20.00 h
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