JOSÉ MARÍA SÁNCHEZ-VERDÚ: ATLAS - INSELN DER UTOPIE UA

with NEUE VOCALSOLISTEN / SOLISTENENSEMBLE KALEIDOSKOP

The “space” – in this case the stunning gallery in the Herrenhausen gardens – is transformed into a type of “bowl” containing utopias which change, overlap, are interdependent or antagonise each other. The concept of utopia with its associations of freedom and self-determination is an ideal, political, social and spiritual entity bordered by walls or rules, but neither tangible nor mappable. Non-tangible spaces created through sound and light are created in the enormous gallery in which the audience can move freely and select their own perspective of the action – either wandering around or sitting or reclining at will. The soloist ensemble Kaleidoskop – familiar to KunstFestSpiele visitors – will be augmented by international soloists on Baroque instruments and the vocal roles undertaken by members of the Neue Vocalsolisten, one of the best ensembles of its kind worldwide. A new instrument, the auraphone with its fascinating sounds, is waiting to be discovered.

Neue Vocalsolisten:
Sarah Maria Sun Soprano
Truike van der Poel Mezzosoprano
Martin Nagy Tenor
Guillermo Anzorena Bariton
Andreas Fischer Bass

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop

Music, Text und Space Concept José María Sánchez-Verdú
Direction Sabrina Hölzer
Installation Ladislav Zajac
Live-Electronic Realisation Experimentalstudio des SWR
Joachim Haas Auraphon
Sven Kestel Sound

Production: KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen
Supported by: Kulturstiftung des Bundes

Composition commissioned by KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen,
supported by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.

Tickets Price group F