Heinrich von Kleist, “Michael Kohlhaas”: A Musical Reading. “One of the most upright and, at the same time, most terrifying men of his time!...His sense of justice turned him into a robber and a murderer.”
"One of the most righteous and, at the same time, most terrifying men of his time!...His sense of justice turned him into a robber and a murderer."
Heinrich von Kleist recounts the fate of the horse dealer Kohlhaas, who embarks on a bloody vendetta to exact retribution for the injustice he has suffered. But instead of restoring the rule of law, he plunges himself and those around him into utter chaos. Based on true events, Kleist’s famous novella explores the fine line between justice and vigilante justice in a manner that is as gripping as it is rigorous.
To this day, Kleist’s most famous story about the struggle against corrupt legal manipulators and government cliques has lost none of its relevance.
Read by: Thomas Dehler
On the viola da gamba: Jörg Meder
Thomas Dehler
Born in 1961, he grew up in Berlin and studied there at the “Ernst Busch” Academy of Dramatic Arts.
After graduating, he held engagements at the Volkstheater Rostock, the Freie Kammerspiele Magdeburg, the Stadttheater Bern, and the Schauspiel Leipzig. He also made guest appearances at the Theater Dortmund, Theater 89 Berlin, Ernst Deutsch Theater Hamburg, Theater Görlitz, Staatstheater Darmstadt, and many others.
Jörg Meder
was born in 1966 in Hofheim am Taunus. He first studied theater education in Frankfurt am Main, then viola da gamba and violone at the Universities of Music and Theater in Hanover and Hamburg.
He is the founder of the United Continuo Service and performs with this ensemble in a wide variety of configurations. He also performs with various ensembles and orchestras, such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Anima mea Switzerland, among others.
