Faust
Throughout his lifetime Goethe worked on his magnum opus FAUST, the only one of his works he called a “tragedy”. It stands there mysterious and shining, on an epic scale – a seemingly endless series of scenes and reflections. What holds this tragedy together at its very core? There is Faust, eternally restless, who regards the world as his prey and time as something to borrow against. There is Mephisto, the opposite principle – literally in Faust’s shadow. There is Gretchen, innocence and beauty in the face of ruin. And there is the light that falls through all the cracks in fate. Most of the tragedy takes place in the darkness of the night. This darkness is repeatedly torn apart by fire and signs of light – like the flash of a photograph. In 1928 the Russian photographer Alexander Rodchenko described photography as a “battle between eternity and the moment” and went on to say: “With its emergence, there can no longer be any general immutable concept of a likeness. A man is not just one entity, he has many forms and is dialectical.” “Moment, stay a while.” Kay Voges directs FAUST as this very battle and together with live photographer Marcel Urlaub he transforms the stage into both a space of light and a darkroom.
- Regie Kay Voges
- Bühne Michael Sieberock-Serafimowitsch
- Kostüm Mona Ulrich
- Musik Paul Wallfisch
- Videoart Max Hammel
- Lightdesign Voxi Bärenklau
- Ton Oliver Foth and Antony Fitz-Harris
- Dramaturgie Lennart Göbel and Matthias Seier
- With Andreas Beck, Frank Genser, Paul Grill, Anja Laïs, Hasti Molavian, Lavinia Nowak, Uwe Rohbeck, Uwe Schmieder and Birgit Unterweger
- Live-Schnitt Mario Simon
- Live Fotografie Marcel Urlaub
The ensemble delivers across the board—unpretentious, captivating, strong—a fantastic team!
Das ist die große Kunst von Kay Voges: Er schafft es, technische Neuerungen und Experimente damit zu verbinden, dass das Ensemble trotzdem sehr präsent bleibt.
Der Abend lebt neben eindrücklichen Bildern von seinem Ensemble, aus dem der stimmgewaltige Andreas Beck sowie Paul Grill und Lavinia Nowak herausragen.
Kay Voges celebrates the visual opulence as if telling his Faust: “You poor fool! All you missed out on in your 19th century!”
Nicht zu vergessen Hasti Molavian und ihr Mezzosopran. [...]Später singt sie das berühmte ›Meine Ruh’ ist hin‹ zu Beats und dramatischen Streichern. Hinreißend.