'Pavane für Prometheus'
Program
'Pavane für Prometheus'
Artists
Romeo Castellucci director, set design, costumes
Scott Gibbons music
Gloria Dorliguzzo choreography
Claudia Castellucci texts
He stole fire from the gods, gifted it to human beings – and was cruelly pun-ished for his misdeed: Prometheus. Hardly any subject has inspired more con-flicting interpretations and readings over the centuries than the Prometheus myth. Around 1800 this titan was considered above all else a courageous oppo-nent of authority and despotism, a friend of humankind and the creator of civi-lisation. This very perspective is reflected in Beethoven’s The Creatures of Pro-metheus. Since then, however, new questions have been raised about the figure of Prometheus. The ambivalence of the term ‘progress’ has become visible, as has the possible self-destruction of the world through ideologies of power and blind faith in technology. For the 2021 Beethovenfest the celebrated stage di-rector Romeo Castellucci will take up the subject of Prometheus, the bearer of light and fallen hero. Castellucci is second to none in his ability to transplant subjects from Antiquity into the present. The abandoned Victoria Baths, with their unique aura of past, transience and oblivion, will be transformed into a ‘Promethean’ space for his performative installation. Here the existential urgen-cy of the mythological material will be renegotiated.
The Beethovenfest 2020 has been postponed due to corona.
This event with the original concert no. 206 will take place under the date indicated here and will receive concert no. 41 in the Beethovenfest 2021.
Already purchased tickets remain valid. Information on return and cancellation can be found under this link
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