Music as Theatre. Circulations between disciplines play a constant role in the life and
death of art forms. One such circulation that has remained productively unsolved
connects music and theatre, two disciplines that have historically shared common ground
in ritual, narration, and ultimately desire to integrate other media. In this presentation as
in his praxis, writer and stage director Aleksi Barrière investigates how performance of
music constantly reaches outside of its assigned territory of ’sound as sound’, forming a
fruitful platform for dialogue between arts and cultures.
Aleksi Barrière is a writer and stage director, whose music/theatre company La
Chambre aux échos operates internationally across media, disciplines, and cultures. His
librettos, that explore the new forms that new narratives crave, have been set to music
by various composers and presented in opera houses and concert halls around the
world. His recent publications include the annotated French translation of Heiner
Goebbels’ writings.
Zeit & Ort
26.05.2026 | 18:00 c.t.
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Theaterwissenschaft
Grunewaldstr. 35
12165 Berlin
Sitzungsraum 103

