DISCOVER YOUR LOVER
Freiburg University of Music
Freiburg / Germany

Set design with hand-painted stage cloth ELBA PLUS

In the three short operas selected for the production of Freiburg University of Music, the search for love and recognition, but also marital problems, affairs, distance and alienation are the focus of the narrative: from the glamorously snobbish big-city life of the fine lady Amelia around 1890, to the emotional world of two unhappily married couples who meet regularly to play bridge, to Bernstein's caricature of staid American suburban life in "Trouble in Tahiti", which he wrote during his honeymoon. 

On stage, solitary pedestals set the scene for the singers and thus reinforce the impression of self-centredness and the distancing from each other that some of them are trying to overcome. The specially designed ELBA PLUS stage cloth continues the big city backdrop on the stage floor, allowing the background and foreground to merge. This flowing transition all the way to the orchestra pit creates an effect of depth and places the singers at the centre of the action instead of merely placing them in front of it.

The ELBA PLUS stage cloth was designed by the paint shop of the Freiburg Theatre, whose staff were enthusiastic about the material's ease of use and diverse design possibilities.


Project data

American short operas – production of the Freiburg University of Music, Wolfgang Hoffmann hall

  • design of the stage floor with painted stage cloth ELBA PLUS, fixing with VARIO TAPE


Music
  • Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007): Amelia goes to the Ball
  • Samuel Barber (1910-1918): A Hand of Bridge
  • Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): Trouble in Tahiti


Stage production
  • Alexander Schulin


Scenography
  • Fabian Lüdicke
  • Paint Shop Freiburg Theatre


Client
  • University of Music Freiburg

     

Location

  • Freiburg / Germany