Die Wiederholung

La Reprise
The Repetition
1995

based upon motifs by Kierkegaard, Robbe-Grillet & Prince; for p, e-git, sampler and acto; 85'

Conception & Direction Heiner Goebbels
Collaboration Stefan Buchberger
stage and light design Erich Wonder
costumes Jasmin Andreae
Piano Marie Goyette
Guitar John King
Actor Johan Leysen
Sampler Ali N. Askin

The Repetition was premiered at the Theater am Turm, Frankfurt/Main in 1995. It was co-produced by Kaaitheater (Brussels), Hebbel Theater (Berlin) and Théâtre Vidy (Lausanne).

It has been performed in Frankfurt (Theater am Turm), Bruxelles (Kaaitheater), Berlin (Hebbeltheater), Staatstheater Schwerin (Norddeutsches Theaterfestival), Kammerspiele Hamburg, Freiburg (Landesstudio des Südwestfunks), Paris-Nanterre (Théâtre des Amandiers).

the complete libretto printed in Komposition als Inszenierung, edited by Wolfgang Sander, Henschel Verlag

Texts

Denk-Akt: "Die Wiederholung / La Reprise/ The Repetition" (Article, de)
2001, Petra Maria Meyer

Les plaisirs de l'échangisme musical selon Heiner Goebbels (Review, fr)
30 April 1997, Pierre Gervasoni, Le Monde

Wunderbare Einladung an die Phantasie (Review, de)
Hebbel Theater: Heiner Goebbels' 'Die Wiederholung'
15 October 1995, Christine Gerberding, Berliner Morgenpost

Im Reich der Sinne (Review, de)
Im Reich der SinneHeiner Goebbels' Musiktheaterstück 'Die Wiederholung' am Frankfurter Theater am Turm uraufgeführt
10 April 1995, Hanno Erler, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Past Dates

August 2000
Werfthalle, Zürich (Switzerland)

December 1999
Opera Modena, Bologna (Italy)

June 1999
Theater, Schwerin (Germany)

May 1999
Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne (Switzerland)

April 1999
Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne (Switzerland)

December 1997
SWR, Freiburg (Germany)

April 1997
Theatre des Amandiers, Nanterres, Paris (France)

April 1995
Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

December 1994
TAT, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

Related Works

Die Wiederholung
Live Audio Play, 1997
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