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Geh Ariel
German source: Heiner Müller

Prospero:
Geh Ariel bring den Sturm
zum Schweigen und
wirf die Betäubten an den Strand
Ich brauch sie
lebend, damit ich sie töten kann

Miranda:
Vater warum?

Go Ariel
English translation © Richard Stokes

Prospero
Go, Ariel, silence
the storm and
throw the stupefied onto the beach
I need them
Alive, that I might kill them

Miranda
Why, Father?

Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

Geh Ariel
German source: Heiner Müller

Go Ariel
English source: Richard Stokes

Prospero:
Prospero
Geh Ariel bring den Sturm
Go, Ariel, silence
zum Schweigen und
the storm and
wirf die Betäubten an den Strand
throw the stupefied onto the beach
Ich brauch sie
I need them
lebend, damit ich sie töten kann
Alive, that I might kill them

Miranda:
Miranda
Vater warum?
Why, Father?

Composer

Wolfgang Rihm

Wolfgang Rihm is a German composer. Rihm is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival.

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