Kentridge has now turned his hand to Schubert‘s “Winterreise” in charcoal, utilising an elaborate method in which an entire film is created on a single sheet of paper through erasing and overdrawing. Kentridge’s Schubert landscapes with their traces of overdrawing are transformed into metaphors of remembrance and forgetting in which the humour and elegance of the drawings provide a vivid contrast to the profound melancholy of the music. In the form of a “trio for singer, pianist and film projector”, Schubert’s work is presented here as a staged performance for which Kentridge also takes on the role of theatre director. The KunstFestSpieleHerrenhausen and the festival Niedersächsische Musiktage collaborate as co-producers of this extraordinary project featuring Matthias Goerne and Markus Hinterhäuser.
BARITONE Matthias Goerne
PIANO Markus Hinterhäuser
PRODUCTION, VISUAL CONCEPTION William Kentridge
STAGE DESIGN William Kentridge, Sabine Theunissen
COSTUMES Greta Goiris
LIGHTING Herman Sorgeloos
VIDEO EDITOR Snezana Marovic
VIDEO OPERATOR Kim Gunning
DURATION ca. 90 minutes
PRICE GROUP F
A production by Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in co-production with the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen/Niedersächsische Musiktage, Wiener Festwochen, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Lincoln Center (New York) and Opéra de Lille