
"Yousee,thisstoryisyourstory,onethatquestionsme.Andthisstoryismystory,onethatrespondstoyou.Thisisourcommonstory.ThestoryofAdamisthestoryofallmankind.Anditisoneoftragedy."ArvoPärt<br/> Adam'sPassionisthemovingfirstcollaborationbetweentwo"mastersofslowmotionwhoharmonizeperfectlywitheachother"(FrankfurterAllgemeineZeitung).Inthespectacularsettingofaformersubmarinefactory,AmericandirectoranduniversalartistRobertWilsoncreatesapoeticvisualworldinwhichthemysticalmusicallanguageoftheEstoniancomposerArvoPärtcancastitsmeditativespell.ThreeofPärt'smajorworks–Adam'sLament,TabulaRasa,andMiserere,aswellasSequentia,anewworkcomposedespeciallyforthisproduction–arebroughttogetherhereusinglight,space,andmovementtocreateatightly-wovenGesamtkunstwerkinwhichtheartisticvisionsofthesetwogreatartistsmirroreachother.
