CONNECTION IMPOSSIBLE / UNMÖGLICHE VERBINDUNG
Music theatre by Ondřej Adámek and Thomas FiedlerThe death of a beloved person, communication bans in prisons or polarizing emotions, expectations and reproaches in political discourse: emotional strain often leaves people speechless.
Where communication fails, becomes difficult or is impeded, that is where the new performative music theatre ›Connection Impossible‹ by the German director and author Thomas Fiedler and the Czech composer and conductor Ondřej Adámek unfolds. It was designed and composed specially for the Ensemble Modern. In his role as stage and costume designer, Christian Wiehle transforms the Werkstattbühne into a magical hub.
In ›Connection Impossible‹ Ondřej Adámek experiments with a new way of composing: From the beginning, the musicians of the Ensemble Modern participate in the creative process. Together with the composer they experiment with new musical forms of expression, which adds to the composition’s distinctive style.
This touching evening of musical theatre lingers in the mind for a long time. With artistic class, joyful experimentation and open-mindedness, Ensemble Modern sweeps away prevalent notions about music, finding an expressive gesture which includes drama and urgency as well as meditation and poetry.Der Westallgäuer, Ingrid Grohe
A compelling musical theatre work with plentiful associations, colourful, powerful and staged with plenty of suspense.Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Regine Müller
The fact that the musicians are also excellent interpreters of the text and deliver a coherent choreography of movements as well is among the fascinating aspects of the production, which the audience rewarded with plentiful applause after the premiere.SN.AT, Christa Dietrich
The two performances at the Bregenz Festival offer an opportunity to delve into a multi-faceted, modern sonic world, which also has a beguiling groove.BR-Klassik, Ulrich Möller-Arnsberg
It revealed itself as a total work of art, appealing to all the senses – and reaping jubilant applause from the premiere’s audience.vorarlberg.ORF.at, red
