I went to the house but did not enter
staged concert with the Hilliard Ensemble

Photo Edinburgh, Great Britain (2008)
» G.RICORDI & Co GmbH, Munich, 2008

Texts by T.S.Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett

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


Details

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)

Related

» The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock words by T.S.Eliot (composition)
» Worstward Ho words by Samuel Beckett (composition)

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Media

Awards

  • BITEF Prize Special Award
    for outstanding contribution to theatre arts

Reviews

  • I Went to the House But Did Not Enter (EN)
    by Anna Picard
    The Independent (GB)
    2 May 2010
    » Read
  • I Went to the House at the Barbican (EN)
    by Richard Morrison
    The Times (GB)
    30 April 2010
    » Read
  • Angst and the over-40s (EN)
    by Richard Fairman
    Financial Times (GB)
    30 April 2010
    » Read
  • I went to the House but did not enter (EN)
    by Andrew Clements
    The Guardian (GB)
    30 April 2010
    » Read
  • Das Versagen großer Dichter (DE)
    Heiner Goebbels lässt das Hilliard Ensemble mit Texten von Eliot, Kafka und Beckett spielen.
    by Norbert Mayer
    Presse (AT)
    22 May 2009
    » Read
  • Finding a dark lyricism in modern ruins (EN)
    by Jeremy Eichler
    The Boston Globe (US)
    6 April 2009
    » Read
  • Elégie théâtrale sublime au coin de la nuit (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
    by Alexandre Demidoff
    Le Temps (CH)
    14 March 2009
    » Read
  • Goebbels: «Così cambio l'opera e la libero...» (IT)
    by Roberto Rinaldi
    Alto Adige
    3 December 2008
    » Read
  • Four Gentlemen in Gray (EN)
    The Hilliard Ensemble performs a staged concert by Heiner Goebbels
    by Nancy Chapple
    16 November 2008
    » Read
  • Kritik zu "I went to the house..." (DE)
    by Harald Asel
    InfoRadio
    14 November 2008
    » Read
  • Theater-Tricks (DE)
    "I went to the house but did not enter" im Haus der Berliner Festspiele
    by Michael Laages
    Deutschlandfunk
    13 November 2008
    » Read
  • Die magischen Vier (DE)
    "I went to the house ...": Heiner Goebbels und das Hilliard Ensemble sind zu Gast bei den Berliner Festspielen.
    by Rüdiger Schaper
    Der Freitag
    10 November 2008
    » Read
  • Alle Zeichen stehen auf Endspiel (DE)
    Neues Musiktheater-Stück von Heiner Goebbels am Frankfurter Schauspiel

    
Vier Herren mit Hut, das Hilliard-Ensemble, bei der Wohnungsauflösung in Frankfurt
    by Volker Milch
    Wiesbadener Kurier
    27 September 2008
    » Read
  • Konzert in drei Bildern (DE)
    Heiner Goebbels' Produktion im Schauspiel Frankfurt
    by Elisabeth Risch
    Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
    26 September 2008
    » Read
  • Die Tür zum Gebirge (DE)
    by Hans-Jürgen Linke
    Frankfurter Rundschau
    26 September 2008
    » Read
  • Echokammer der Selbstzweifel (DE)
    Heiner Goebbels‚ theatrale Klangmeditation "I Went to the House, But Did Not Enter" wurde in Edinburgh uraufgeführt
    by Alexander Menden
    Süddeutsche Zeitung
    1 September 2008
    » Read
  • Sarah Crompton reviews I Went to the House But Did Not Enter at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh (EN)
    by Sarah Crompton
    The Telegraph (GB)
    1 September 2008
    » Read
  • I Went To The House But Did Not Enter, at the Royal Lyceum (EN)
    The Hilliard Ensemble provided some of the festival's strangest, yet strongest and most resonant, sounds and images
    by Donald Hutera
    The Times (GB)
    1 September 2008
    » Read
  • Theatre review: I went to the house but did not enter (EN)
    The Scotsman (GB)
    30 August 2008
    » Read
  • Haus ohne Hüter (DE)
    Uraufführung von Heiner Goebbels Musiktheater "I went to the house but did not enter"
    by Vera Teichmann
    Deutschlandfunk
    30 August 2008
    » Read
  • Edinburgh festival: I Went to the House But Did Not Enter (EN)
    by Andrew Clements
    The Guardian (GB)
    30 August 2008
    » Read
  • I Went To The House But Did Not Enter (EN)
    Star rating: *****

    by Neil Cooper
    The Herald (GB)
    30 August 2008
    » Read
  • Failure holds the key to success (EN)
    PROMISES, PROMISES: Heiner Goebbels's large-scale music theatre collage is incredibly creative.
    by Neil Cooper
    The Herald (GB)
    27 August 2008
    » Read
  • International Festival: Radical Views (EN)
    WITH German composer Heiner Goebbels, the only certainty is that rules will be broken, says Mark Fisher
    by Marc Fisher
    The Scotsman (GB)
    18 August 2008
    » Read

Texts

  • Peculiar Voices (EN)
    translated by Susanne Winnacker
    by Heiner Goebbels
    The Drama Review (US)
    volume 55, Nr. 1, Spring 2011, p.46 - 51
    2011
  • Heiner Goebbels, on staging strange worlds (Interview, EN)
    with James Woodall
    theartsdesk.com (GB)
    26 April 2010
    » Read
  • Kritik an zeitgenössischem Vokalstil (Interview, DE)
    Der Vielseitige bei den Festwochen
    with Rainer Elstner
    ORF (AT)
    20 May 2009
    » Read
  • Words move through music on stage (Article, DE)
    by James Woodall
    Monatsheft März 09 des théâtre vidy, Lausanne
    March 2003
    » Read
  • Mindestens schwer verzweifelt (DE)
    Ein Essay über den Umgang mit der Stimme im zeitgenössischen Musiktheater
    by Heiner Goebbels
    in: Theater der Zeit, 1/2009, Berlin, S.24-27
    in: Österreichische MUSIKZEITschrift, 5/2009, Wien, S. 14-19
    in: Der Blaue Klang, Hofheim 2010, S.91-98
    in: The Drama Review, NY, USA T 209 ("Peculiar Voices")
    in: Martina Groß / Patrick Primavesi (Hrsgb): Lücken sehen, Heidelberg 2010, S. 285-291
    2009
    » Read
  • untitled (Interview, IT)
    with Roberto Rinaldi
    Alto Adige
    3 December 2008
    » Read
  • Interview with Andrea Ravagnan, preparation for an article in "Il Giornale della Musica" (Interview, EN)
    Il Giornale della Musica (IT)
    November 2008
    » Read
  • La casa di Goebbels (Interview, IT)
    with Andrea Ravagnan
    Il Giornale della Musica
    November 2008
    » Read
  • Der Grenzgänger (Portrait, DE)
    Mein Schreibtisch
    by Anita Strecker
    Frankfurter Rundschau
    13 September 2008
    » Read
  • I went to the house but did not enter (Interview, DE)
    Interview with Natalia Erice
    El País (ES)
    September 2008
    » Read
  • 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
    The Guardian (GB)
    27 August 2008
    » Read
  • Commentaire (Material, FR)
    "I went to the house but did not enter"
    by Heiner Goebbels
    1 August 2008
    » Read
  • Commentary (Material, EN)
    by Heiner Goebbels
    1 August 2008
    » Read
  • Werkkommentar (Material, DE)
    "Die Hälse werden im Gebirge frei! Es ist ein Wunder, dass wir nicht singen."
    (Franz Kafka: Der Ausflug ins Gebirge)
    by Heiner Goebbels
    1 August 2008
    » Read
  • The restless theatrical innovator Heiner Goebbels talks to Ivan Hewett about his strange new show, which has its world premiere (Interview, EN)
    The Telegraph (GB)
    August 2008
    » Read
  • Dankrede zum Binding Kulturpreis (DE)
    by Heiner Goebbels
    7 June 2008
    » Read

Documentary

  • Spanish TV documentation on "I went to the House but did not enter" (ES)
    October 2008
  • Vier Männer in einem Hotelzimmer (DE)
    Heiner Goebbels inszeniert ein szenisches Konzert mit dem Hilliard Ensemble (Bericht Kulturzeit)
    3sat (TV)
    » http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/mediathek.php?obj=9678
    23 September 2008
    » Read

Future dates

  • 5 June 2012, 8:00 pm (Ingmar Bergman Festival)
    Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 6 June 2012, 8:00 pm (Ingmar Bergman Festival)
    Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, Stockholm (Sweden)

Past dates