Organization

Stage director

Claus Guth

Set designer

Michael Levine

Costume designer

Constance Hoffman

Lighting designer

Urs Schöenebaum

Sound designer

Mark Grey

Video designer

Rocafilm

Choreographer

Sommer Ulrickson

Singer

Tenor

Jonas Kaufmann

Ian Strasfogel

Pianist

Helmut Deutsch

Park Avenue Armory

German

Doppelganger (Franz Schubert)

New York City

United States

Doppelganger (Franz Schubert) Nitschke

Public

Private

English

Approved

Composed in 1828 in Franz Schubert‘s final days, Schwanengesang (Swan Song) traverses a myriad of emotions, from despair and delusion to ecstasy and love, to form a series of masterful snapshots of all that life can offer. Sitting at the pinnacle of a vocalist’s repertory, these emotive works are given a thrilling new life in the world premiere of a theatrical staging by one of opera’s most adventurous directors, Claus Guth.

Performed by world-renowned tenor Jonas Kaufmann with his long-time collaborator pianist Helmut Deutsch, the heart-melting collection of songs is amplified by additional Schubert repertory, an evocative soundscape, and transformative light and video projections to create a production that is part performance and part installation art. Named for the last song “Der Doppelgänger,” in which a soldier sees themselves and comes to terms with the reality that they did not return from war, this Armory commission beautifully explores the hunger for life and its beauty and the idea that death is not a sudden moment but a last journey.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew