10th August
Concert will begin at 17:30 hours GMT
Haas' 'Koma' with Aristidou, Davila, Gloger, Schöne and Gritschneder from Salzburg
Salzburg Festival. Georg Friedrich Haas' 'Koma' is an opera with a text by Händl Klaus. It explores the condition of a patient caught between life and death. Michaela has suffered a traumatic brain injury and remains in a vegetative state. She is here – and at the same time unbelievably far away, trapped in a limbo of light and darkness.More than half the scenes depicting Michaela’s dream state through sound are played in absolute darkness. The hospital staff go about their daily business in a kind of twilight, while Michaela’s relatives are confronted with another shadowland: the horrors of memory.
Performers: Sarah Aristidou: Michaela. Pia Davila: Jasmin. Daniel Gloger: Alexander, Mutter. Peter Schöne: Michael. Susanne Gritschneder: Dr. Auer. Henriette Gödde: Dr. Schönbühl. Karl Huml: Nurse Jonas. Benjamin Chamandy: Nurse Nikos. Raphael Sigling: Nurse Zdravko.
Klangforum Wien; Conductor: Bas Wiegers.
Recorded 24 July.
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