Revolution of the mind

Photo: Amandus Lindblad

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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 – Guitar

Emma Beskow – Cello