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In "sweet slumber," a man falls and wanders thru a mysterious forest full of melodious voices, erotic temptations, hungry animals, and strange plants. In his dreams, he finds himself in wondrous gardens and intricate buildings. He witnesses astonishing performances such as a chess ballet and strong winds. Finally, he meets the woman he has longed for: Has Poliphilo found his Polia?

The composer Alexander Moosbrugger, who comes from the Bregenz Forest and lives in Berlin, has chosen one of the most fascinating and at the same time most mysterious books in the world for his first opera: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, probably written by the Dominican Francesco Colonna and first printed in Venice in 1499. The work plays with several languages, the protagonist's dreams lead to colossal buildings and parks, which become visible in the depicted woodcuts. For this reason, Umberto Eco also described it as perhaps the most beautiful book in the world. For the visual artist Flaka Haliti, these woodcuts are an important source of inspiration for her visual design on the workshop stage. Together with the composer, she is developing a music-theatrical experience that makes the sound and the organ pipes, which are up to nine meters long, protagonists like the singers and a string quartet. Like Poliphilo thru the trees of the forest, the audience is drawn into mysteriously breathing sounds and noises and winds by the organ pipes, which also become physically tangible.

In collaboration with the world-renowned company Rieger-Orgelbau, a musical theater is being created that can only be experienced on the workshop stage, allowing us to become transformers between dream and reality ourselves.