E.T.A Hoffmann / Robert Wilson/ Anna Calvi
E.T.A Hoffmann / Robert Wilson/ Anna Calvi
“He is a wicked man, who comes to children when they won’t go to bed, and throws a handful of sand into their eyes, so that they start out bleeding from their heads. He puts their eyes in a bag and carries them to the crescent moon to feed his own children, who sit in the nest up there. They have crooked beaks like owls so that they can pick up the eyes of naughty human children.”
— E.T.A. Hoffmann, “The Sandman” (English translation by John Oxenford)
Robert Wilson directs The Sandman, a key work of German Romanticism, with music by British dramatic rock singer songwriter Anna Calvi. Previous productions of ‘dark fairy tales’ by Robert Wilson include The Black Rider (Hamburg 1990) and Peter Pan (Berlin 2013).
— WELT am Sonntag, Germany
Description
Duration 2 h. (one intermission)
Based on the novell “Der Sandmann” (1816) by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Lyrics by Anna Calvi
Performed in German with lyrics in English
This production was first performed in Recklinghausen, Germany on May 3, 2017
Anna Calvi is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Calvi has been nominated twice for the prestigious Mercury Prize for her debut album ‘Anna Calvi’ and ‘One Breath’ released in 2011 and 2013 respectively. Calvi’s debut album was also nominated for a BRIT Award.