Adam’s Passion

Adam´s Passion”
Music by ARVO PÄRT
Designed and directed by ROBERT WILSON
Music director and conductor TÕNU KALJUSTE
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
With Lucinda Childs, Michael Theophanous, Endro Roosimäe, Erki Laur, Tatjana Kosmynina a.o.
Associate set designer Serge von Arx
Costumes Carlos Soto
Lighting design AJ Weissbard

Associate director Tilman Hecker, dramaturg Konrad Kuhn
Premiered on May 12th 2015, duration: app. 90 min

The performance, produced by Eesti Kontsert and Change Performing Arts, will reach audiences worldwide through international performances following the premiere. The performance recording and chronology of its creation will be captured in a documentaries as a cooperation of Eesti Kontsert, Change Performing Arts, Estonian National Broadcasting Company and one of the most renowned music film producers Accentus Music. The films will reach television and cinema audiences in more than 45 countries in September 2015.
The musical core of the production consists of three main works by Arvo Pärt : “Adam’s Lament”, “Tabula rasa”, “Misere” and “Sequentia” – a new work specially composed for the production. Pärt’s music and Wilsont’s vision will blend in the monumental landscape of a powerful story of depths and splendour of the mankind.