Die Befreiung des Prometheus / The Liberation of Prometheus / La Libèration de Promèthèe
Staged Concert with words by Heiner Müller

Photo Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1993)

Actor (German version) Ernst Stoetzner
Actor (French version) André Wilms
Drums/Vocals David Moss
Keyboards/Sampler/a.o. Heiner Goebbels


Details

Based upon a text by Heiner Mueller
version for actor, dr and sampler
premiere: Frankfurt 1993; 50'

The Liberation of Prometheus was first released as a radio piece in 1985 which was awarded several prices.
The first live performance (with André Wilms and Heiner Mueller) took place in Marseille. Early versions (1992) with Heiner Mueller or local actors in the their language; e.g. in France (Mauberge), Brazil (San Salvadore Bahia, Belo Horizonte), Spain (Barcelona, Valencia) and Italy (Bari).
The recent version (with Ernst Stoetzner or André Wilms) was premiered in 1993 at the Theater am Turm, Frankfurt and has been shown since then for about 80 times in 18 countries: Austria (Innsbruck), Belgium (Brussels), Canada (Toronto), Columbia (Bogota), Denmark (Kopenhagen), England (London), Finland (Helsinki), France (Montpellier, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Marseille, Paris), Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Bochum, Kalrsruhe, Munich, Nuernberg), Greece (Delphi), Italy (Taormina, Bari, Bologna, Turin, Palermo), Japan (Tokyo), Poland (Warszaw), Portugal (Lisboa, Porto), Switzerland (Zürich, Genève) and Turkey (Istanbul).

Booking

ARTMOBIL GmbH
attn. Klaus Schäffer or Hanne Reichel
Ulrichstr. 18
D-60433 Frankfurt
Germany
Tel: +49.69.951178-0
Fax: +49.69.951178-40
Homepage: » www.artmobil.de

Related

» Die Befreiung des Prometheus (audio play in 9 scenes) (audio play)
» Die Befreiung des Prometheus (live radio play) (audio play)
» Die Befreiung des Prometheus the complete staged concert, german language (dvd)
» La libèration de Promèthèe the complete staged concert, french language (dvd)

Photos

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Reviews

  • Das verinnerlichte Gefängnis (DE)
    Heiner Goebbels' "Die Befreiung des Prometheus" in Petronell-Carnuntum
    by Andreas Felber
    Der Standard (AT)
    7 August 2001
    » Read
  • Antiken Avantgarde (DE)
    Die Befreiung des Prometheus: eine musikalische Dramatisierung
    by Helmut Mauro
    Süddeutsche Zeitung
    29 November 1994
    » Read
  • Style! (EN)
    Frankfurt Meets Toronto: Heiner Goebbels
    by Alexander Oolo
    ECHO GERMANICA (CA)
    June 1994
    » Read
  • Schnabelhiebe (DE)
    Heiner Goebbels' Die Befreiung des Prometheus
    by Peter Kemper
    Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
    September 1993
    » Read

Texts

  • "Die Befreiung des Prometheus" (Article, DE)
    Das Szenische Konzert: Über die Performanz zur Referenz
    by Barbara Kordes
    Barbara Kordes. Musikalische Lesarten: Heiner Goebbels und Heiner Müller. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2009. S.168-178.
    2009
  • Das Hörspieltheater von Heiner Goebbels (Article, DE)
    Die Befreiung des Prometheus
    by Mareile Gilles
    in: dies.: Theater als akustischer Raum: zeitgenössische Klanginszenierung in Deutschland und den USA, S.23-60.
    Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2002.
    2002
  • Material (Material, DE)
    1 January 2000
    » Read
  • Material (Material, EN)
    1 January 2000
    » Read
  • Etwas von Adler und Nachtigall (Interview, DE)
    Interview with Patrik Landolt about Heiner Mueller and 'Die Befreiung des Prometheus'
    Die Wochenzeitung (CH)
    1 September 1995

Past dates

  • 19 December 2006
    » Divadlo Komedie, Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 20 January 2004
    » Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum (Germany)
    Composer in Residence, Bochumer Symphoniker
  • 15 February 2003
    » Trafo, Budapest (Hungary)
    Making New Waves Festival
  • 29 June 2002, 8:00 pm
    » ZKM, Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 19 April 2002
    Hörspieltage des SWR, Trier (Germany)
    TRIER, Hörspieltage des SWR (Germany)
  • 23 March 2002
    » Lantaren, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
    Heiner Goebbels Festival
  • 6 October 2001
    » Teatro Ariosto, Reggio Emilia (Italy)
    'Di Nuova Musica'
  • 31 July 2001
    » Art Carnuntum - Festival of Greek Drama, Petronell-Carnuntum, Vienna (Austria)
  • 18 November 1998 - 19 November 1998
    » IRCAM, Paris (France)
  • 18 April 1998
    Staatstheater, Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 18 March 1998 - 21 March 1998
    » La Filature, Mulhouse (France)
  • 18 November 1997
    Porto, Porto (Portugal)
  • 3 October 1997 - 4 October 1997
    » Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • 23 September 1997
    Festival Klangspuren, Innsbruck (Austria)
  • 1 August 1997
    Festival, Palermo (Italy)
  • 22 February 1997
    Tafelhalle, Nuernberg (Germany)
  • 23 November 1996 - 24 November 1996
    Saitama Arts Centre, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 31 July 1996
    » Southbank Centre, London (Great Britain)
  • 11 July 1996
    » Städtische Bühnen, Freiburg (Germany)
  • 11 July 1996
    » Städtische Bühnen, Freiburg (Germany)
  • 16 June 1996
    Theater, Halle (Germany)
  • 31 May 1996
    Goethe Institut, Toronto (Canada)
  • 26 May 1996
    » Istanbul International Festvial, Istanbul (Turkey)
  • 27 April 1996
    Festival de Marseille, Marseille (France)
  • 12 April 1996 - 14 April 1996
    Latin American Theatre Festival, Bogota (Columbia)
  • 11 January 1996
    TAT, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • 23 October 1995 - 25 October 1995
    Festival La Batie, Genève (Switzerland)
  • 23 September 1995
    » Warsaw Autumn Festival, Warsaw (Poland)
  • 23 September 1995
    » Settembre Musica Festival, Torino (Italy)
  • 23 August 1995 - 24 August 1995
    Theaterspektakel, Zürich (Switzerland)
  • 23 June 1995
    Stadion, Delphi (Greece)
  • 17 June 1995
    Festival TIME ZONES, Bari (Italy)
  • 10 June 1995 - 11 June 1995
    Theatre Festival, Lisboa (Portugal)
  • 11 May 1995
    Opera di Bologna, Bologna (Italy)
  • 11 April 1995 - 12 April 1995
    Kaaitheater, Brussels (Belgium)
  • 29 March 1995 - 30 March 1995
    Theater, Leipzig (Germany)
  • 11 March 1995 - 13 March 1995
    » Hebbeltheater (heute Hebbel am Ufer), Berlin (Germany)
  • 11 February 1995 - 12 February 1995
    » Alexandertheater (Aleksanterin Teatteri), Helsinki (Finland)
  • 12 January 1995 - 13 January 1995
    » Marstall (Bayrisches Staatsschauspiel), Munich (Germany)
  • 11 September 1994 - 15 September 1994
    TAT, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • 25 July 1994
    Printemps de Comediens, Montpellier (France)
  • 1 July 1994
    Taormina (Sicily), Taormina (Italy)
  • 12 June 1994
    » Kanonhallen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • 12 June 1994
    Jazzhaus, Köln (Germany)
  • 12 May 1994 - 13 May 1994
    » Marstall (Bayrisches Staatsschauspiel), Munich (Germany)
  • 11 March 1993 - 12 March 1993
    TAT, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • 29 September 1992 - 30 September 1992
    Festival, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 29 July 1992
    Goethe Institut, Belo Horizonte (Brasil)
  • 23 July 1992 - 26 July 1992
    Goethe institut, Salvador de Bahia (Brasil)
  • 31 May 1992
    » Festival VEO, Valencia (Spain)
  • 18 November 1991
    Theatre, Maubeuge (France)
  • 18 July 1991
    Festival de Marseille, Marseille (France)
    with Andre Wilms and Heiner Müller