Artists
Franziska Walser
Recitation
Edgar Selge
Recitation
Program
Rainer Maria Rilke
Duino Elegies
The works of Rainer Maria Rilke are among the most beautiful, complex, and multilayered creations of German poetry. The actors Franziska Walser and Edgar Selge recite Rilke’s Duino Elegies, a highpoint in the poet’s output, in this extraordinary program that makes these texts accessible for the mind and the heart.
Performance running time: approximately 100 minutes. No intermission