Bérénice
JEAN RACINE, ROMEO CASTELLUCCI, ISABELLE HUPPERT
Deutsche Erstaufführung
Monumental heroine and iconic actress: a monologue
Freely inspired by Jean Racine’s Bérénice, Romeo Castellucci brings to life an adaptation of this classic tragedy in the form of a monologue by international acting icon Isabelle Huppert. Two lovers must separate for the sake of the state. The Roman Emperor Titus falls in love with the Jewish Queen Bérénice and discovers she loves him in return. However, the laws of Rome forbid him to marry her. Here, love is the theatre of cruelty. Bérénice is probably the most unsettling tragedy ever written. And yet it has moved us to tears for centuries, as if we can see ourselves inside it. Huppert’s voice is the source of almost every sound, noise and silence in this performance, edited and processed by sound artist Scott Gibbons. A majestic return to the Ruhrtriennale by Romeo Castellucci.
Produced by Societas, Cesena; Printemps des Comédiens / Cité du Théâtre Domaine d’O, Montpellier. Co-produced by Ruhrtriennale, Théâtre de La Ville Paris, Comédie de Genève, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, deSingel International Arts Center, Festival Temporada Alta, Teatro di Napoli – Teatro Nazionale, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Onassis Stegi, Triennale Milano, National Taichung Theater, Holland Festival, LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, TAP - Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand – Scène Nationale, Théâtre national de Bretagne, Yanghua Theatre.
„Acting is a way of living out one’s insanity.“
Cast
- Direction
- Romeo Castellucci
- Music
- Scott Gibbons
- With
- Isabelle Huppert ,
- Cheikh Kébé ,
- Giovanni Manzo
Directions and arrival
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
Emscherstr. 71
47137 Duisburg
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