I went to the house but did not enter
Staged Concert with the Hilliard Ensemble, 2008
Texts by T.S.Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett
Composition and Direction: Heiner Goebbels
with the Hilliard Ensemble (UK):
Rogers Covey-Crump, David James,Gordon Jones and Steven Harrold
Light and stage: Klaus Grünberg
Costumes: Florence von Gerkan
Sound: Willi Bopp
Produced by Theatre Vidy, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Coproduced by Schauspielfrankfurt, Grand Theatre Luxembourg, Fondazione Teatro Comunale & Auditorium Bolzano, Edinburgh International Festival
Co-comissioned by University North Carolina,Hopkins Center / Dartmouth College (USA)
Publisher: G.RICORDI & Co GmbH, Munich
“In the mountains the throats become free! It is a wonder that we don’t burst into song.„ Franz Kafka, Excursion into the Mountains
The title of this staged concert with the world-renowned vocal quartet The Hilliard Ensemble already suggests that not a lot happens. But just that is perhaps one of the secrets of Heiner Goebbels’ music theatre pieces, that they take place without any great spectacle and yet – or possible therefore? – exert a fascinating power. His latest work consists of three separate scenes, each one dedicated to a 20th century text: starting with T.S. Eliot’s well-known poemThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, continuing with Maurice Blanchot’s Madness of the Dayand finishing with Worstward Ho! probably the most radical text by Samuel Beckett. As different as these texts are, they all have in common the fact that they endow a fragmented, anonymous first person narrator many voices and tones. Their language promises no security, their stories only reveal their often paradoxical meaning when completed by the listener. Maybe the evening is a journey, one which its antiheroic protagonists do not even begin. A journey in three spaces and three times which remain placeless – they are everywhere and nowhere
Files
pdf: Hearing the Silence © Stan Schwartz (en)Texts
Des voix singulières (fr)
À propos du travail sur "I went to the house but did not enter"
2018, Heiner Goebbels
A Minuscule Ado About Nothing (Review, en)
15 November 2012, ConcertoNet
They Grow Old, Waiting for the Sets to Change (Review, en)
‘I Went to the House but Did Not Enter’ by Heiner Goebbels
14 November 2012, Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
Hearing the Silence (Review, en)
1 November 2012, Stan Schwartz, Lincoln Center Playbill
Beckett im zeitgenössischen Musiktheater: (Article, de)
Zu Heiner Goebbels’ "I went to the house but did not enter" und Heinz Holligers "Not I"
2012, Friederike Charlotte Landmann
Peculiar Voices (en)
translated by Susanne Winnacker
2011, Heiner Goebbels, The Drama Review
I Went to the House But Did Not Enter (Review, en)
2 May 2010, Anna Picard, The Independent
I went to the House but did not enter (Review, en)
30 April 2010, Andrew Clements, The Guardian
Angst and the over-40s (Review, en)
30 April 2010, Richard Fairman, Financial Times
I Went to the House at the Barbican (Review, en)
30 April 2010, Richard Morrison, The Times
Heiner Goebbels, on staging strange worlds (Interview, en)
26 April 2010, James Woodall, theartsdesk.com
Das Versagen großer Dichter (Review, de)
Heiner Goebbels lässt das Hilliard Ensemble mit Texten von Eliot, Kafka und Beckett spielen.
22 May 2009, Norbert Mayer, Presse
Kritik an zeitgenössischem Vokalstil (Interview, de)
Der Vielseitige bei den Festwochen
20 May 2009, Rainer Elstner, ORF
Finding a dark lyricism in modern ruins (Review, en)
6 April 2009, Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe
Elégie théâtrale sublime au coin de la nuit (Review, fr)
A Vidy, le compositeur allemand Heiner Goebbels entraîne les chanteurs du Hilliard Ensemble dans un périple théâtral beau comme un chant de chapelle avec vue sur la rivière
14 March 2009, Alexandre Demidoff, Le Temps
Words move through music on stage (Article, de)
March 2003, James Woodall
Mindestens schwer verzweifelt (de)
Ein Essay über den Umgang mit der Stimme im zeitgenössischen Musiktheater
2009, Heiner Goebbels
Goebbels: «Così cambio l'opera e la libero...» (Review, it)
3 December 2008, Roberto Rinaldi, Alto Adige
Untitled (Interview, it)
3 December 2008, Roberto Rinaldi, Alto Adige
Four Gentlemen in Gray (Review, en)
The Hilliard Ensemble performs a staged concert by Heiner Goebbels
16 November 2008, Nancy Chapple
Kritik zu "I went to the house..." (Review, de)
14 November 2008, Harald Asel, InfoRadio
Theater-Tricks (Review, de)
"I went to the house but did not enter" im Haus der Berliner Festspiele
13 November 2008, Michael Laages, Deutschlandfunk
Die magischen Vier (Review, de)
"I went to the house ...": Heiner Goebbels und das Hilliard Ensemble sind zu Gast bei den Berliner Festspielen.
10 November 2008, Rüdiger Schaper, Der Freitag
La casa di Goebbels (Interview, it)
November 2008, Andrea Ravagnan, Il Giornale della Musica
Interview with Andrea Ravagnan, preparation for an article in "Il Giornale della Musica" (Interview, en)
November 2008, Il Giornale della Musica
Spanish TV documentation on "I went to the House but did not enter" (Feature, es)
October 2008
Alle Zeichen stehen auf Endspiel (Review, de)
Neues Musiktheater-Stück von Heiner Goebbels am Frankfurter Schauspiel
Vier Herren mit Hut, das Hilliard-Ensemble, bei der Wohnungsauflösung in Frankfurt
27 September 2008, Volker Milch, Wiesbadener Kurier
Konzert in drei Bildern (Review, de)
Heiner Goebbels' Produktion im Schauspiel Frankfurt
26 September 2008, Elisabeth Risch, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Die Tür zum Gebirge (Review, de)
26 September 2008, Hans-Jürgen Linke, Frankfurter Rundschau
Vier Männer in einem Hotelzimmer (Feature, de)
Heiner Goebbels inszeniert ein szenisches Konzert mit dem Hilliard Ensemble (Bericht Kulturzeit)
23 September 2008, 3sat Kulturzeit (TV)
Der Grenzgänger (Portrait, de)
Mein Schreibtisch
13 September 2008, Anita Strecker, Frankfurter Rundschau
Echokammer der Selbstzweifel (Review, de)
Heiner Goebbels‚ theatrale Klangmeditation "I Went to the House, But Did Not Enter" wurde in Edinburgh uraufgeführt
1 September 2008, Alexander Menden, Süddeutsche Zeitung
I went to the house but did not enter (Interview, de)
Interview with Natalia Erice
September 2008, El País
I Went To The House But Did Not Enter, at the Royal Lyceum (Review, en)
The Hilliard Ensemble provided some of the festival's strangest, yet strongest and most resonant, sounds and images
1 September 2008, Donald Hutera, The Times
Sarah Crompton reviews I Went to the House But Did Not Enter at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh (Review, en)
1 September 2008, Sarah Crompton, The Telegraph
Theatre review: I went to the house but did not enter (Review, en)
30 August 2008, The Scotsman
I Went To The House But Did Not Enter (Review, en)
Star rating: *****
30 August 2008, Neil Cooper, The Herald
Edinburgh festival: I Went to the House But Did Not Enter (Review, en)
30 August 2008, Andrew Clements, The Guardian
Haus ohne Hüter (Review, de)
Uraufführung von Heiner Goebbels Musiktheater "I went to the house but did not enter"
30 August 2008, Vera Teichmann, Deutschlandfunk
Failure holds the key to success (Review, en)
PROMISES, PROMISES: Heiner Goebbels's large-scale music theatre collage is incredibly creative.
27 August 2008, Neil Cooper, The Herald
Sing-along-a-Kafka (Article, en)
What happens when you ask an experimental German composer to create a show for you?
Vocal group The Hilliard Ensemble reveal all
27 August 2008, The Guardian
International Festival: Radical Views (Review, en)
WITH German composer Heiner Goebbels, the only certainty is that rules will be broken, says Mark Fisher
18 August 2008, Marc Fisher, The Scotsman
Werkkommentar (Material, de)
"Die Hälse werden im Gebirge frei! Es ist ein Wunder, dass wir nicht singen."
(Franz Kafka: Der Ausflug ins Gebirge)
1 August 2008, Heiner Goebbels
Commentary (Material, en)
1 August 2008, Heiner Goebbels
Commentaire (Material, fr)
"I went to the house but did not enter"
1 August 2008, Heiner Goebbels
The restless theatrical innovator Heiner Goebbels talks to Ivan Hewett about his strange new show, which has its world premiere (Interview, en)
August 2008, The Telegraph
Dankrede zum Binding Kulturpreis (de)
7 June 2008, Heiner Goebbels
Past Dates
August 2014
Happy Days Festival
Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen (Northern Ireland / UK)
March 2014
Opera, Lyon (France)
November 2012
White Light Festival
Rose Theatre, Broadway at 60th Street, New York (USA)
June 2012
Ingmar Bergman Festival
Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, Stockholm (Sweden)
September 2011
BITEF, Belgrade (Serbia)
June 2011
Prague (Czech Republic)
April 2011
Tongyeong International Music Festival, Tongyeong (Korea)
March 2011
Tongyeong International Music Festival, Tongyeong (Korea)
LG Arts Center, Seoul (Korea)
May 2010
Barbican Centre, London (Great Britain)
April 2010
Barbican Centre, London (Great Britain)
January 2010
De Singel, Antwerp (Belgium)
September 2009
Festival d'Automne, Paris (France)
June 2009
Holland Festival, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
May 2009
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna (Austria)
Théâtre de Caen, Caen (France)
April 2009
Grand Théâtre, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Hopkins Center for the Art at Dartmouth College, Dartmouth (USA)
March 2009
Carolina Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA)
Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne (Switzerland)
December 2008
Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence (France)
Teatro Comunale/Stadttheater, Bolzano (Italy)
November 2008
Spielzeit Europa (Berliner Festspiele), Berlin (Germany)
Opera de Lille, Lille (France)
CentroCentro, Madrid (Spain)
October 2008
CentroCentro, Madrid (Spain)
Musica Festival, Strasbourg (France)
Premiere
Musica Festival, Strasbourg (France)
September 2008
schauspielfrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Premiere
schauspielfrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
August 2008
Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (Great Britain)
World Premiere
Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (Great Britain)
Related Works
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
with words by T.S.Eliot, 2008
Composition (Miscellaneous)
The Excursion into the Mountains
2008
Composition (Miscellaneous)
Worstward Ho
with words by Samuel Beckett, 2008
Composition (Miscellaneous)