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September 2022
Me, Hildegard von Bingen, Voice of Light, play with music
Premiere on September 16th 2022
Bad Ischl, Salzburg, St. Johann in Tyrol, St. Veit im Pongau
Further venues in planning
with
Sigrid Hausen (singing, acting),
Berta Rieder: (acting, singing)
Lighting idea: Wieland Müller-Haslinger
Director, version: Martina Veh
Author: Michael Korth
St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was the most versatile nun of the Occident. A healer and naturalist, mystic and advisor to popes and kings, painter, poet and composer, she was revered like a saint even during her lifetime. Hildegard's 77 surviving chants - with notes and texts - show her to be a powerful and sensitive composer whose musical work deviates from all traditional models.
The play recounts Hildegard's life as an energetic abbess, her struggle for equal rights, tells of her overwhelming visions, her artistic work, her insights into God's universe and tells the story of her great love for Richardis von Stade, which almost broke her. Closely connected to the monologue are Hildegard's hymns, which, brought to life anew by the singing of the actresses, make Hildegard's grandiose world view and world of thought audible and tangible.
Me, Hildegard von Bingen, Voice of Light, play with music
Premiere on September 16th 2022
Bad Ischl, Salzburg, St. Johann in Tyrol, St. Veit im Pongau
Further venues in planning
with
Sigrid Hausen (singing, acting),
Berta Rieder: (acting, singing)
Lighting idea: Wieland Müller-Haslinger
Director, version: Martina Veh
Author: Michael Korth
St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was the most versatile nun of the Occident. A healer and naturalist, mystic and advisor to popes and kings, painter, poet and composer, she was revered like a saint even during her lifetime. Hildegard's 77 surviving chants - with notes and texts - show her to be a powerful and sensitive composer whose musical work deviates from all traditional models.
The play recounts Hildegard's life as an energetic abbess, her struggle for equal rights, tells of her overwhelming visions, her artistic work, her insights into God's universe and tells the story of her great love for Richardis von Stade, which almost broke her. Closely connected to the monologue are Hildegard's hymns, which, brought to life anew by the singing of the actresses, make Hildegard's grandiose world view and world of thought audible and tangible.
