Linz

The dance-theatrical reflections on the man, the poet Shakespeare, at the Linz Music Theater last merely ninety minutes. Anyone who thought that the title Shakespeare's Dream would reveal a series of colorfully staged quotations from some of the 38 works of the English world-viewer and psychologist was mistaken. Neither Mendelssohn-Bartholdy nor Prokofiev will be heard this evening without a live orchestra, but rather an interwoven, atmospheric sound design by bassist and composer Manu Mayr, who has experience with Klangforum Wien. He also brings Shakespeare's contemporary John Dowland and Ralph Vaughan Williams to life. Choreographer and director Andrey Kaydanovskiy presents the ultimately delighted audience in the grand opera house with nothing less than a swiftly translated, richly ...