by Burkhard Friedrich and Herbordt/Mohren
A co-production of ensemble Intégrales and soniq performing arts with Kampnagel Hamburg and Sophiensaele Berlin in collaboration with Festival Ultraschall. Kindly supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, Zeit Stiftung and Ilse und Dr. Horst Rusch-Stiftung
World Premiere: October 7, 2009 Kampnagel Hamburg (K1, 8pm)
further performances: October 9-11 and 15 Kampnagel Hamburg (K1, 8pm) and January 27-31, 2010 as part of the Festival Ultraschall at Sophiensaele Berlin (Hochzeitssaal, 8pm)
by Morton Subotnick
Chamber opera in one act
Libretto: Morton Subotnick inspired by
Phaedrus by Plato, Eleni by Nicholas Gage, The Pit and the Trap by Moshe Kohn, The LittleSchool House by Alicia Partnoy and The Holocaust Kingdom by Alexander Donat and Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf.
Commissioned by Kunst aus der Zeit, Bregenzer Festspiele and soniq performing arts, Berlin, a coproduction with Hellerau - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden in co-operation with the American Academy, Berlin and supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin.