SOR JUANA'S DREAM

A music theater portrait in 5 parts

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695)

Nun, poet, philosopher, composer, feminist. One of the most brilliant intellectuals of the Baroque era, whose ideas still resonate powerfully today. Largely unknown in German-speaking countries, this music theater brings Mexico's "Tenth Muse" into the spotlight.

The interdisciplinary stage play follows the inner world of a woman whose spirit was boundless, while her body remained subject to the rules of a patriarchal society. Between dream and reality, convent cell and cosmic knowledge, a story of courage, longing and resistance unfolds - told by an actress, four musicians and a light artist who embody all these dimensions in sound, movement and light installation.

There will be music by Sor Juana and her contemporaries as well as the world premiere of a setting of fragments of her most famous work, First Dream (Primero sueño), composed by Dorothee Hahne. Sor Juana's texts and poetry are embodied by the performer, while a live light installation creates a fluid, digital stage set that transports us into her world of thought and time.
A play about the pursuit of knowledge, the power of the word and the unconditional freedom of thought.

The project is financially supported by the Bremen Senator for Culture, the German Orchestra Foundation, the Center for Art Bremen and the Marianne Steegmann Foundation

Marsyas Baroque - Music

Milena Cestao - Acting

Claudia Isabel Martín - Director

Katrin Bethge - light art

Dorothée Hahne - Composition