Heiner Müller: Prometheus

»The Prometheus-Text cannot be read word for word, unless it is read aloud.« (Heiner Müller)

On two evenings, Ruhrtriennale offers spectators the possibility of encountering Prometheus in the Aeschylus text, translated by Heiner Müller, accompanying the presentation of Carl Orff 's opera in ancient Greece. Josef Bierbichler and Judith Rosmair will take on the roles of Prometheus and Io; other parts will be read by the performers involved in the Orff production.

Müller's translation was intended as a recitation. Avoiding the classical tone of most translations, it transforms the original into a German text, but retains the roughness, contradictions, and inconsistencies of the original.