Title

The Book of Disquiet

Authors

Office of Arts + Cultural Programming
PEAK Performances at Montclair State University

Date(s) of Performance

1/21/16 - 1/24/16

Directed by

Michel van der Aa

Created by

Libretto after Fernando Pessoa, adapted by Michel van der Aa

Performers/Artists

Actor: Samuel West; Violins: Patti Kilroy, Laura Lutzke, Lauren Cauley, Hanna Hurwitz; Violas: Margaret Dyer Harris, Ben Russell, Victor Lowrie; Cellos: Clarice Jensen, Mariel Roberts; Bass: Kris Saebo; Flute: Andrew Rehrig; Clarinet: Paul Won Jin Cho; Bassoon: Charles Bailey; Trumpet: Mike Gurfield; Percussion: Chris Thompson; On film: João Reis, Ana Moura, Sara Ramadinha Pereira, David Pereira, Rogério Tavares, Miguel Corte-Real

Summary

Michel van der Aa’s music theatre work, The Book of Disquiet, was the first staged production in Linz’s Cultural Capital of Europe celebrations in January 2009. Following his opera After Life, which enjoyed a sell-out run at the Holland Festival in 2006, van der Aa again provides cutting-edge integration of music, live action and video, here built from text fragments by Fernando Pessoa.

Disciplines

Theatre and Performance Studies

Files

Additional Information

vanderaa.net;

Book of Disquiet Video Teaser