NOMOS FAUSTUS

A Scenic Fantasy after T. Mann, J. M. Hauer, A. Ginsberg and others

Venue:
Kasematten Neue Bastei
Bahngasse 27
2700 Wiener Neustadt
Austria

Performances:
21 August 2021, 19:30
22 August 2021, 16:00

Creative Team

Direction: Dávid Paška
Set design: Julius Leon Seiler
Costume design: Maria-Lena Poindl

Live Music

Johannes Fleischmann – violin
Sabina Hasanova – piano

Cast

Mariam Avaliani
Luca Bonamore
Julien Colombet
Sebastian Egger
Lukas Haas
Nils Hausotte

About the Production

This stage adaptation of Thomas Mann's novel Doctor Faustus brings into dialogue the concepts of twelve-tone composition developed by Arnold Schönberg and Josef Matthias Hauer. A group of contemporary witnesses attempts to reconstruct the past and death of the composer Adrian Leverkühn — a genius whose musical radicalism stands in tension with his moral downfall.

The production explores whether art can be judged through categories of good and evil, and to what extent one can comprehend that which exceeds rational explanation. Fragments of testimonial accounts intertwine with Mann's reflections on art and his era, resulting in a multilayered scenic composition.