Two performances at 2.30pm and 8.00pm, Thursday 5 August 2010, Teatro Signorelli
"Twin Spirits" performance portraying the love of Robert and Clara Schumann in words and music, featuring Sting and Trudie Styler as well as Joshua Bell (violin), Nina Kotova (cello), John Chest (baritone), Barrett Wissman (piano) , Natasha Paremski (piano) and Charles Dance (narrator).
Proceeds go to the Rainforest Fund, the Del Sole Foundation and the Royal Opera House Education Fund
Twin Spirits is a unique and intimate, live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, portraying the deep and ultimately tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck. In this intensely moving performance of words, song and music, the Schumanns' long separation, so formative an influence on their lives, is reflected in the division of the ensemble into male and female groups. Conceived and directed by John Caird, Twin Spirits was first performed in June 2005 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London and has since been experienced only at private performances for charity by small audiences of all ages and interests, leaving them deeply touched and inspired.
