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"The stage design developed by [Robert Wilson] for the Düsseldorf production has only minimal props, but the exceptional lighting design fully makes up for it." -Ilona Marks, Wallpaper*
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DER SANDMANN
from the text of E.T.A. Hoffman Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Concept, Direction, Design | Robert Wilson
Music & Lyrics | Anna Calvi Costume | Jacques Reynaud Directing Collaborator | Ann-Christin Rommen Scenery Collaborator | Annick Lavallée-Benny Lighting Collaborator | Scott Bolman Sound Collaborator | Frank Schulte Make-up | Manu Halligan Video | Tomasz Jeziorski Musical Director | Jherek Bischoff Dramaturge | Janine Ortiz The Sandman is based on the eponymous short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), one of the masters of German Romanticism and Gothic horror tales. It triggered Sigmund Freud to explore the protagonist's unconscious fear of castration ("The Uncanny"), and became inspiration and subject of many other works, most famously the "Olympia Act" in Offenbach's opera Tales of Hoffmann.
Production Photography: Lucie Jansch |