SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Helga Pogatschar’s experimental audio play is a sound interpretation of Albert Ostermaier’s Tartar Titus (1998), a stage play in which Shakespeare’s Titus becomes a writer whose art has been put at the service of a morally dubious state. Pogatschar’s ‘audio-cinema’ for 2 narrators, 6 voices, 1 violoncello and electronics juggles with samples of words that are analyzed, reversed, pitched, and completely alienated. Over this background, Ostermaier’s/Shakespeare’s text is spoken.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Medium

Audio

Year of release

1999

Duration

73 mins

Credits

Producer

Helga Pogatschar

Writer

Albert Ostermaier

Music

Helga Pogatschar

Adaptor for Radio

Helga Pogatschar

Cast

Andreas Hirtreiter	Vocalist
Bettina Koziol	Vocalist
Claudia Matussek	Vocalist
Gerlinde Sämann	Vocalist
Martin Busen	Vocalist
Naomi Graham	Narrator
Sabina Lehrmann	Musician
Sebastian Schipper	Narrator
Thomas Hamberger	Vocalist
Tobias Schlierf	Vocalist

Additional Details

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Plays

Titus Andronicus

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Recorded at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Munich.

Textual information

Albert Ostermaier, Titus the Tartar, transl. Anthony Vivis (Munich: Goethe-Institute, 1998).

Reviews

Source: http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/2019308 (accessed 5/9/2008)
For more information, an audio sample and reviews (in German) see Pogataschar’s own website at http://www.helgapogatschar.de/diskographie (accessed 09/2008).

Production Company

Name

Chrom Records

Web

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Distributor (Sale)

Name

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