Availability
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Performances
Friday 4/10 19:00 – premiere
Sunday 6/10 16:00
Friday 11/10 19:00
Sunday 13/10 16:00
Thursday 17/10 19:00
Saturday 19/10 18:00
Thursday 24/10 19:00
Saturday 26/10 18:00
Saturday 2/11 18:00
Sunday 3/11 16:00
SthlmsMusikTeater invites you to a breathtaking journey through transformative human thinking. The ideas of the Romanticism era brought revolutionary visions: for the higher good of the collective, the “I” needed to be freed and given its context. Could this be the recipe for our survival? Complex and thought provoking themes carried by humor and finess!
The audience is thrown back to the end of the 18th century in the melting pot Jena. In this city south of Berlin, revolutionary thoughts were born by emancipated philosophers, scientists and poets. It set the ground for the revolutionary era of Romanticism. What was said between longtime rivals Goethe and Schiller during an accidental and unavoidable encounter, leaving them inseparable until the latter’s death? What was it Fichte declared in overcrowded lectures, fascinating all of Europe? Who was the adventurer Alexander Von Humboldt, and why was he more famous than Napoleon?
Find out how a pork chop can be mightier than both pen and sword, and how people of today manage and mismanage the ideas and legacies of the great thinkers.
Three composers add a mosaic of music to this piece: Katarina Leyman, Jan-Erik Sääf and Stefan Levin – in total accordance with the Jena Group’s idea of collective creativity. The tone of romanticism is interwoven with the contemporary. Text: Andreas Boonstra. Director: Eva Staaf. Idea: Jonas Nerbe.
The project is supported by Kulturrådet, Konstnärsnämnden, Stockholms Stad, Barbro Osher Foundation and Region Stockholm.
Production
Script and lyrics – Andreas Boonstra
Music – Katarina Leyman, Stefan Levin och Jan-Erik Sääf
Director: Eva Staaf
Idea – Jonas Nerbe
Set Designer and Costume Designer – Sara Kander
Makeup Designer – Alexandra Södergren
Light Designer – Thabo K Persson
Musical director – Anders Holtz
Producer – Amandus Lindblad
Technician – Mayra Forsberg Ardelius
Ensemble
Kristina Lindgren – Caroline Schlegel
Jesper Linde – Ludwig Tieck
Jonas Nerbe – Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Linnea Fors – Auguste Schlegel
Matheo Lindberg Vivien – Novalis
Orchestra
Anders Holtz – Pianist and musical director
David Härenstam – GuitarEmma Beskow – Cello