Theater
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a serial killer
Performance dates are highlighted in white.
PRIMARY BILLING:
A Musikkonzept production
Written and directed by Michael Sturminger
Music direction and concept by Martin Haselböck
"Does Jekyll know about Hyde?" asks serial killer turned writer Jack Unterweger before strangling a soprano with a brassiere. Though himself dead, Unterweger (played by an unnerving John Malkovich) has returned to tell the audience his story. Two singers, accompanied by the virtuoso early-music ensemble Orchester Wiener Akademie, perform live opera arias by Mozart, Vivaldi, Haydn, and others in an inspired counterpoint, providing both a soundtrack to and a deliciously ironic commentary on Unterweger's disturbing confessions.
SECONDARY BILLING:
Based on idea by Birgit Hutter and Martin
Haselböck
Featuring Orchester Wiener Akademie
Costume design by Birgit Hutter
Marie Arnet, soprano (Nov 17 at 7:30pm & Nov 19 at
2pm)
Kirsten Blaise, soprano (Nov 19 at 2pm)
Louise Fribo, soprano (Nov 17, 18, 19 at
7:30pm)
Martene Grimson, soprano ( Nov 18 & 19 at
7:30pm)