FRICTION
BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
077 m
Scandinavian premiere
GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN
DATE / TIME Wednesday 24 May at 18:45 Thursday 25 May at 19:30
DURATION 2:45 including interval
Opening Performance :
Shakespeare ’ s Sonnets
by Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright
LANGUAGE Performed in English and German , surtitled in English and Norwegian .
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Introduction ( in Norwegian ) in Grieghallen Foyer : Wednesday 24 May at 18:00 Thursday 25 May at 18:45
Rufus Wainwright performs in Grieghallen Monday 29 May ( p . 16 ).
The Festival Director in conversation with Rufus Wainwright at Litteraturhuset Sunday 28 May ( p . 96 ).
Shakespeare ’ s poetic universe staged in a musical theatre dream .
World-renowned director and multiartist Robert Wilson has taken twenty-five sonnets and created an epic piece of musical theatre together with the German theatre company Berliner Ensemble and Canadian composer Rufus Wainwright .
The performance presents Shakespeare more modern and alive than ever , by cleverly mixing genres and contrasting darkness and light to a captivating effect .
On stage is a number of Shakespearean characters , from the leprechaun to the fool , from Cupid to the mysterious dark lady , and from the Queen of England to Shakespeare himself . The extraordinary German cabaret artist Georgette Dee ties the different parts of the performance together .
Robert Wilson direction , stage and lighting concept Rufus Wainwright music Jacques Reynaud costume design Ann-Christin Rommen co-direction Jutta Ferbers dramatic advisor , text composition , Sonnet selection Serge von Arx co-set designer Erik Bystad Norwegian translation
Stefan Rager , Hans-Jörn Brandenburg musical direction
Krista Birkner , Christina Drechsler , Georgette Dee , Anke Engelsmann , Traute Hoess , Nadine Kiesewalter , Angela Schmid , Ursula Höpfner-Tabori , Angela Winkler , Dejan Bućin , Winfried Peter Goos , Jürgen Holtz , Christopher Nell , Sabin Tambrea , Georgios Tsivanoglou actors
TICKET Standard : 190 – 900 Under 30 : 150
Festival Card : 30 % discount
Please note : Limited stage view from ticket categories 4 and 5 . The seating plan for Shakespeare ’ s Sonnets differs from that of other Festival performances . See www . fib . no / salkartshakespeare
Robert Wilson has fundamentally renewed theatre and performance art since the mid-1960s . His works are aesthetically striking and emotionally charged , and his productions have earned the acclaim of audiences and critics worldwide .
Rufus Wainwright ’ s original compositions turn the performance into a dreamlike journey beyond time : ‘ It sounds a little bit like cabaret , a little bit like opera , like Strauss and Schubert , classically German , taking a deep bow in front of Kurt Weill ,’ says Rufus Wainwright .
Stefan Rager conductor , percussion Hans-Jörn Brandenburg keyboards Dominic Bouffard guitar Andreas Henze double bass
Isang Quartett Sang Ha Hwang violin Ilzoo Park violin Uhjin Choi viola Hoon Sun Chae cello
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