Stage Works - Iris-ter-Schiphorst

VOLK UNTER VERDACHT (2016/17)

Documentary music theatre. - Distrust, collaboration, refusal and rebellion: Nothing in the GDR was as secret and as momentous as the working methods of the State Security. The documentary music theatre play "Volk unter Verdacht" (People under Suspicion) by director Ulrike Ruf and composer Iris ter Schiphorst uses original documents from the archives of the Stasi Unterlagen-Behörde (BStU) (Stasi Records Authority) to examine the GDR apparatus.
World-premiere: 14.12.2017, Berlin - Radialsystem, further performances on 15, 16, 17 and 18.12.2017, Performers: Vocalconsort Berlin  commissioned by the Vocalconsort Berlin, supported by the Ernst-Siemens Foundation

Erlaube, Fremdling, dass ich dich berühre II (2004)

for 1 mime, 1 actress, 2 ensembles, tapes
(FP: Berlin, 2005) duration: 50 min

Erlaube, Fremdling, dass ich dich berühre (2003)

for 1 mime, 2 ensembles, video and tapes
(FP: Dresden, 2004) duration: 55 min.

Euridice (2001/2002)

for 1 dancing singer (female), 3 singers and narrators, dancer and ensemble
(FP: Bielefeld, September 2002) duration: 55 min

Effi Briest (2000) (with Helmut Oehring)

for deaf soloist (female), voice, male soprano, female speaker; 18 instruments, tapes
(FP: Bonn, 2001) duration: 90 min.

Als ob: SUITE (2000) (with Helmut Oehring)

music and dance project
7 dancers, video, 7 instrumentalists and tapes
(FP: 2000, Dresden) duration: 60 min.

Der Ort ist nicht der Ort (2000) (with Helmut Oehring)

for 1 deaf performer, 1 sopran (male), ensemble, and tapes
(FP: EXPO Hannover 2000) duration: 70 min.

Bernada Albas Haus (1999) (with Helmut Oehring)

for 7 dancer, 1 deaf actress, 1 male sopranist, prep. piano/sample-keyboard, 1 e-guit.,
1 contra-bass and live-electronic,
(Word-Premiere: Basel/Rom/Berlin, 1999) Duration: 90 min.

Silence moves (1997) (with Helmut Oehring)

for voice, violin, cello, e-bass, prep. piano/sampler, tapes,videoinstallation and live-electronic, 1997
(World Premiere: Dresden, 1997)
Duration: 60 min.

Anna’s Wake (1992)

3-D Opera for tape, singer and 16mm- film,
(World-Premiere: Berlin, 1993) Dauer: 55 min.