Harry Partch is one of the most original artists and musicians of the 20th century. The American composer not only invented his own tonal system, but also designed and built instruments of idiosyncratic beauty to play his music. These fantastical instruments, recreated specially, provide the set for this theatrical production. Legendary composer and director Heiner Goebbels returns to the Festival for the first time in six years, while the superb musicians of the Ensemble musikFabrik bring the score to vibrant life.

Delusion of the Fury is a large-scale music-theatre work inspired by Japanese Noh theatre works and Ethiopian myth, integrating lighting, movement and song in a sound world full of lightness and humour.

simply sensational: the audience was nearly blown over by Partch's music

Die Zeit

Produced by Ruhrtriennale – International Festival of the Arts in co-production with the Ensemble musikFabrik, the Holland Festival and Lincoln Center Festival, New York.