ENDLICH
ASIA AHMETJANOVA
Three Norns sit at the foot of the World Tree. There they spin, knot and cut the thread of life, deciding on who lives or dies. In a present where end-of-life has become the greatest social taboo, the battle to halt physical decline and the ageing process becomes a life's work.
Three Norns sit at the foot of the World Tree. There they spin, knot and cut the thread of life, deciding on who lives or dies. In a present where end-of-life has become the greatest social taboo, the battle to halt physical decline and the ageing process becomes a life's work. In their musical theatre piece “ENDLICH” (FINALLY), composer Asia Ahmetjanova and director Franziska Angerer dare to confront the inevitable. Working with a group of elderly people, they look at their own mortality and ageing with all its attributions. The result is a shared ritual that lies between mythology and performance and faces up to the final consequence of life.
Three Norns sit at the foot of the World Tree. There they spin, knot and cut the thread of life, deciding on who lives or dies. In a present where end-of-life has become the greatest social taboo, the battle to halt physical decline and the ageing process becomes a life's work. In their musical theatre piece “ENDLICH” (FINALLY), composer Asia Ahmetjanova and director Franziska Angerer dare to confront the inevitable. Working with a group of elderly people, they look at their own mortality and ageing with all its attributions. The result is a shared ritual that lies between mythology and performance and faces up to the final consequence of life.
Composition:
ASIA AHMETJANOVAMusical direction:
LEONARD WEISSStage direction:
FRANZISKA ANGERERStage design:
MIRJAM STÄNGLCostume design:
SABRINA BOSSHARDDramaturgy:
CAROLIN MÜLLER-DOHLE, SEBASTIAN HANUSAENSEMBLE MOSAIK
Violin:
SARAH SAVIETFlute:
KRISTJANA HELGADOTTIROboe:
SIMON STRASSERTuba:
JACK ADLER-MCKEANPercussion:
ROLAND NEFFEPiano, keyboard:
ERNST SURBERGSound direction:
ARNE VIERCKMezzo-soprano:
LANA MALETICCountertenor:
JENS GINGE SKOVCo-production by Münchener Biennale and Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Composition & libretto commissioned by the City of Munich for the Münchener Biennale.
FRANZISKA ANGERER
Stage direction
MIRJAM STÄNGL
Stage design
SABRINA BOSSHARD
Costume design
