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Twin Spirits (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Twin Spirits is a unique and intimate, live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, portraying the deep and uItimateIy tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife CIara Wieck. ln this intenseIy moving performance of words, song and music, the Schumanns' Iong separation, so formative an influence on their lives, is refIected in the division of the ensembIe into maIe and femaIe groups. Robert's
Ietters to CIara are read by Sting and his songs sung by Simon KeenIyside, with accompaniments and instrumentaI music played by Iain Burnside and Sergej KryIov. CIara's letters to Robert are read by
Trudie Styler and her songs sung by Rebecca Evans, with accompaniments and instrumentaI music played by Natalie Clein and Natasha Paremski. The narrator, Derek Jacobi, links together the letters and lyrics to compIete the essential outline of the story.
Conceived and directed by John Caird, Twin Spirits was first performed in June 2005 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London and has since been experienced only at private performances for charity by smaIl audiences of aIl ages and interests, leaving them deepIy touched and inspired. |
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