Music • Karlheinz Stockhausen/ Carlus Padrissa - Karlheinz Stockhausen/Carlos Padrissa/
Roland Olbeter/Franc Aleu

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Donnerstags -Gruss (Michaels-Gruss) (1978)
Michaels Reise um die Erde (Michael's Voyage Around the World)
second act of  Donnerstag aus Licht  (Illuminated Thursday) (1977-1978)
 

Artistic conception: Carlos Padrissa (La Fura dels Baus)
Roland Olbeter
Franc Aleu (Urano)

Stage Direction: Carlus Padrissa (La Fura dels Baus)
Set Design: Roland Olbeter
Video: Franc Aleu (Urano)
Assitant Director and Choreographer: Valentina Carrasco
Sound Design: Paul Jeukendrup
Light Design: Frank Sobotta
Costume Design: Chu Uroz
Dramatist: Thomas Ulrich

Marco Blaauw, trumpet
Nicola Jürgensen, basset horn
Michel Marang, Fie Schouten, clarinet and  basset horn

musikFabrik
Peter Rundel, musical direction

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Michael's Journey Around the Earth is the central act of Donnerstag, from Licht, the opera to which Stockhausen devoted twenty-one years of his life.
The main protagonist is the trumpet, requiring a virtuoso performance. Stopping at seven points on the globe, Michael encounters musicians disguised as penguins, clowns, swallows, and ultimately Eve, played by the basset-horn. 

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Produced by Wiener Taschenoper in collaboration with Wiener Festwochen
Coproduced by KölnMusik, MusikFabrik and Hellerau
Co-realized by MC93 Bobigny ; Festival d’Automne à Paris

Created within the context of the France-Norhein-Westfalen season 2008/2009
With the support of the Rhineland of Northern-Westphalia
A work presented during the European Cultural Season in France (1st of July- 31st of December)
 

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