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Photo / Foto; Mie Riiz Christiansen

I ONLY APPEAR TO BE DEAD I Only Appear To Be Dead exposes the frightening aspects of Andersen's journeys and fantasies. Concrete descriptions and comments turn into a series of scenic situations in several versions. Hints of a sequence change into polyphonic tales of light and shadow. A bearing stream of images comes to a halt in strident moments. The music, composed for a mixed a capella choir of twelve voices, transforms the diary entries into a sound-image modulated by polyphonic tones. Live song and electronically adapted voice-sounds stand out from each other, merge and set boundaries. Together, they form suggestive pieces of proximity and distance. Within the acoustically spatial architecture, the childlike nature and metaphysical dread of the writer collide. Song and speech are in Danish, German and Italian. LIBRETTO AND RECITATIVES A - Dead child Light and Fire Light and Fire Light and Fire Recitative The waiter looks unfriendly, but the view is lovely. The sea surges right up to the house. To the left, the mountain rises up, quite green with shrubs and trees. A ruin lies half-way up it. To the right, Vesuvius, where the smoke resembles a stone pine. The smoke from the eruptions breaks through the stationary cloud. - Right in front of me, Camaldi, Cape Mycene, Prosida and Ischia. They swim in a pink haze. The air is so ethereal, the clouds so breathing, the ships stand like shadows against the gold ground. В - Module Deeply moved, overwhelmed, self-criticism, faints, bled in Naples, attacked, bled in Naples, self-criticism, dissatisfied with oneself, attacked, deeply moved, overwhelmed, letters to Andersen, the Boy of Fortune, afraid - but not cowardly, boundlessly sinful, boundlessly sinful, letters waited for in vain, afraid - but not cowardly, fever, feverish, feeling cold, fell out of bed in Innsbruck, fly in the eye, fly in the eye, fell out of bed in Innsbruck, fever, feverish, feeling cold, I only appear to be dead, faints, swallowed a plum stone, in sensual mood, down in the dumps, depression, ennui, tedium vitae, I only appear to be dead, in sensual mood, wild lust in the blood, improvisatore, I am only an improvisatore, swallowed a plum stone, toothache, toothache, tiredness, index finger caught in carriage door, teeth, mood improved, not healthy, indisposed, mood improved, not all that well, gratitude, improvisatore, passport anxiety, I am only an improvisatore, insect bite, tooth abscess, after-dinner speeches, out of sorts, out of sorts, not all that well, not healthy, indisposed, tears, improvisatore, I am only an improvisatore, warmth, the world is my home, well-being, wobbly, dangling legs, the world is lies and vanity!, brothel visit advised, well-being, recognised on journeys Recitative in the magnificent garden the skeleton of a young man had been found, with a sword cut to the head. To begin with, he was buried in the garden and a monument was placed on his grave: 'the grave of the unknown soldier'. But the corpse had a fine set of teeth, and these he had had knocked out and put in his own mouth and hidden the rest for the future. Disgusting. C-Toothache Teeth, teeth, tooth abscess, toothache, toothache, toothache, teeth, teeth, tooth abscess, toothache, toothache, tooth abscess, toothache D - Green doormat Oh no, my journey is not over Oh no, my journey is not over Oh no, myjourney is not over Recitative We did not really enjoy ourselves. When I got back home, I found a strange handkerchief in my pocket.