The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat
Spetember 15, 2021
A one-act neurological opera by Michael Nyman
Libretto by Christopher Rawlence, Michael Morris and Michael Nyman
Director Žilvinas Vingelis
Assistant Director / Movement Coach Gintarė Šmigelskytė
Set and Costume Designer Paulina Simutytė
Animator Dovilė Gecaitė
Video Projection Designer Kornelijus Jaroševičius
Assistant Video Projection Designer Nidas Kaniušas
Lighting Designer Tomas Klimas
Puppet master Martynas Lukošius
Soloists: Gunta Gelgotė (soprano), Mindaugas Zimkus (tenor), Kšištof Bondarenko (bass)
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus
With the participation of: Indrė Baikštytė (piano), Gabrielė Ašmontaitė (harp)
Conductor Martynas Staškus
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- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat
Known throughout the world as a representative of British minimalism, composer of music for theatre and film, Nyman wrote this opera in 1986 to an English-language libretto by Christopher Rawlence, adapted from the case study of the same name by Oliver Sacks. The plot concerns the investigation by a neurologist of the condition of a singer who suffers from visual agnosia (‘mental blindness’). The main protagonist is aided by the music: it is through the sound and strains of music that he recognises objects and places in the external world and can reclaim some meaning of it.
