Passion

Pascal Dusapin

Sasha Waltz

For the second time since »Medea« (2007) a contemporary composition by Frenchman Pascal Dusapin serves as the fundament for a choreographich opera by Sasha Waltz. His »Passion« is a musical engagement with the Orpheus myth with Claudio Monteverdi’s operatic setting at the centre. For the most part Dusapin relates the myth through Eurydice’s eyes. The myth also provides the dramaturgical framework for Sasha Waltz with the stage and light design indicating the boundaries between the two worlds. In course of the performance the players on stage pass through various membranes separating the world of the living (»Reality«) from the hidden world (the »underworld«). The nucleus of Sasha Waltz’s choreography are the soloists Barbara Hannigan and Georg Nigl, complemented figuratively by a small group of dancers. The Vocalconsort Berlin, long standing partner of the company, could be won as choir. »Passion« is also the second collaboration with the renowned Ensemble Modern.