Heiner Goebbels / Vocal Theatre Carmina Slovenica (D, SLO) When the mountain changed its clothing

45% theatre 45% choral music 10% youth

The old is no more, the new not yet tangible: the forty young singers of the world-touring Slovene ensemble Vocal Theatre Carmina Slovenica – all between ten and twenty years old – confront us energetically with stories and questions concerning the farewell to childhood. Between sovereignity and dependency, their games only appear harmless. In the texts ranging from Joseph Eichendorff to Marlen Haushofer, they are constantly testing their own position and adjusting the balance of power amongst themselves and in relation to us, the audience.
The new piece by Heiner Goebbels examines the upheaval in the lives of the young women in exciting pictures, that are also perspectives of the massive social and political upheaval in the region from which they come from. Following the changing seasons, Heiner Goebbels weaves the choral music of this renowned ensemble from Graz’s neighbouring city Maribor, that is this year’s European Capital of Culture, with partisan songs from Tito’s era, classical and pop music and his own compositions, to create a grand evening of music theatre.