Charlemagne possessed an Elephant named Abul Abbas, a gift from the Caliph of Baghdad, Harun ar-Raschid. The work for percussionists, piano and speaker describes the exotic animal's arduous journey across the Alps. The audience travels through the mountains along with the Elephant and becomes part of a grotesque power play that ignores the suffering of the giant.

The performances take place in the workshops of the Rhetian Railway in Landquart, on occasion of its 125-year jubilee. A new composition by Fritz Hauser, Vera Kappeler, Lucas Niggli and Peter Conradin Zumthor, narrated by Jan Ratschko, lighted by Ursula Degen.

PERFORMANCE DATES

7 | 8 June | Workshops of the Rhetian Railway in Landquart | 6.30pm

ENTRY

Entry CHF 70.– | 60.–
The train fare to the performance and back with Rhetian Railways is included in the ticket.