Music and libretto by Helmut Lachenmann
Conducted by John Kennedy
Directed by Mark Down and Phelim McDermott
Puppet design Ruth Paton, Fi Clift and Mark Down
Elevated on a platform and encircling the audience, 106 members of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra performed this astonishingly evocative score, full of clicks, crackles, knocks, and hisses, under the baton of Resident Conductor and Director of Orchestral Activities John Kennedy.
