"It's a massive, unruly, and unrestrained beast. Although based on a poem, Tutuguri is not exactly programmatic or episodic. Rather, Rihm's writing evokes the fragmentary feeling of a nightmare..." (ClassicsToday.com) Massive, indeed, as Rihm's commission by the Deutscher Oper Berlin spans four images and 45 minutes. "The sound is gorgeous, too-the cracking thunder (or is it gunfire?) of the drums in the fourth movement is terrifyingly vivid." Dur.: 45' Instrumentation: for large orchestra, choir on tape and speaker

Autorentext
Antonin Artaud, (1896 geb. in Marseille), war Schauspieler, Dramatiker, Regisseur, Zeichner, Dichter und Theater-Theoretiker. Er beeinflusste mit seiner Konzeption eines Theaters der Grausamkeit die Entwicklung des modernen Theaters entscheidend. Er starb 1948.