Organization

Conductor

Paul Taubitz

Stage director

Amna Shadad

Set designer

Stefan Rieckhoff

Costume designer

Dramaturge

Thomas Böckstiegel

Johannes Zimmermann

Singer

Baritone

Ipča Ramanović

Dr P.

Soprano

Ulrike Machill

Mrs P

Tenor

Chaz'men Williams-Ali

Dr S.

Mrs. S

Theater und Orchester Heidelberg

German

Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte

Heidelberg

Germany

Zwinger

Public

The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat

Approved

Soul blindness - this is the diagnosis that the neurologist makes to his patient. Although he sees forms, colors and movements, he cannot combine them into something meaningful. That is why it so happened that he mistook his wife for a hat. There is no cure for visual agnosia - the technical term for the disease caused by brain trauma. The patient can only learn to live with the limitations: through the power of music, he is able to rearrange his perception and find meaning again in what his eyes see.
Michael Nyman became world famous through his music for the films of director Peter Greenaway. As one of the most important representatives of minimal music, he is in line with composers such as Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

English

Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte by Nyman, From (2022/2022), Directed by Amna Shadad,, Conductor Paul Taubitz, Johannes Zimmermann, Zwinger, Heidelberg, Germany

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