The Well-Tempered Clavier

Musical theatre after Johann Sebastian Bach and László Krasznahorkai
Direction: David Marton

A co-production with MC93 Bobigny

A work by Johann Sebastian Bach forms the basis of a theatrical evening. What appears to be the epitome of a total world of sound conceals a real story full of philosophical and political wrangling – in a community in which everyone is searching for their own sound.

After the novel by: László Krasznahorkai
Direction: David Marton
Stage design: Alissa Kolbusch
Costume design: Sarah Schitteck
Musical direction: Jan Czajkowski
Dramaturgy: Florian Borchmeyer
Light design: Erich Schneider

With: Thorbjörn Björnsson, Jule Böwe, Niels Bormann, Paul Brody, Jan Czajkowski, Marie Goyette, Franz Hartwig, Jelena Kuljic, Nurit Stark, Ernst Stötzner, Bettina Stucky

Duration: ca. 120 minutes

Premiered in Paris on 27 January 2012

Tour Dates

Paris (January and February 2012)

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Tour Dates

Trailer »Das wohltemperierte Klavier«