Music Theatre
Carles Santos is one of the most important representatives of the Catalan as well as the international musical scenes. The brilliant composer, pianist, director, conductor and performer is well-known for his bizarre direction concepts. Determined to reveal an elementary force in music, Santos leaves all traditional ways of musical expression behind. With his highly original and profound pieces of musical theatre he has made a name for himself worldwide. El fervor de la perseverança / The Fervour of Perseverance, a kind of „pocket opera“ deals with contents and terms of the Avantgarde. Carles Santos’ musical repertoire ranges from Chopin to Brahms and Hugo Wolf, Wagner, Schönberg, Tomás Luis de Victoria and own compositions. In Berlin, he will present a collision between his virtuoso piano toccatas on the one hand and the German “Lied” and post-Dadaist sound poetry on the other – a drastic, erotic, obsessive and powerful clash.
Carles Santos
El fervor de la perseverança / The Fervour of Perseveranc
Music Theatre (2006)
In German and Katalan with German supertitles
Queralt Albinyana – acting
Claudia Schneider – mezzo soprano
Carles Santos – piano
video:
Mariaelena Roqué – drawings
Nacho Villaró – animation
Carles Santos – photography
Production of Companyia Carles Santos in co-production wiht Teatre Lliure, Festival d’Opéra de Butxaca i Temporada Alta, Les Nuits de Fouviere, Festival Internacional de las Artes de Castilla y Léon, Ajuntament de Sabadell, supported by ICIC – Generalitat de Catalunya, INAEM – Ministerio de Cultura, ICUB – Ajuntament de Barcelona. With the support of the Spanish embassy in Berlin and Institut Ramon Llull.