PEER GYNT
A dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen
Nymphenburg Palace Summer Festival
Produced by Ensemble Persona
2023
Henrik Ibsen wrote Peer Gynt about 100 years after the discovery of the ego in philosophy. Throughout his life, Gynt is on a quest for his identity. But whether lying, cheating, or fantasizing, he fails to achieve his great goal.
For this staging of Ibsen’s anti-hero play a mountain in two parts was constructed on the open-air stage in the courtyard of the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. The stage draws a visual parallel between a typical wooden hut and a Norwegian mountain landcape, suggesting that in the quest for one’s identity and home one doesn’t always have to look too far.
A dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen
Nymphenburg Palace Summer Festival
Produced by Ensemble Persona
2023
Henrik Ibsen wrote Peer Gynt about 100 years after the discovery of the ego in philosophy. Throughout his life, Gynt is on a quest for his identity. But whether lying, cheating, or fantasizing, he fails to achieve his great goal.
For this staging of Ibsen’s anti-hero play a mountain in two parts was constructed on the open-air stage in the courtyard of the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. The stage draws a visual parallel between a typical wooden hut and a Norwegian mountain landcape, suggesting that in the quest for one’s identity and home one doesn’t always have to look too far.
With Yannick Zürcher, Elisabeth Rass, Peter Kempkes, Rodrigo Umseher, Claudia Roick, Sophia Lahme and Monika SteinwidderDirected by Tobias Maehler
Lighting Design by Matthias Wanek
Costume Design by Sarah Silbermann
Technical Direction by Christian Kern
Photography by Bernt Haberland
Production Management by Sandra Maehler