Written & directed by Hannaleena Heiska / Cinematographer Anu Keränen / Performer Tjerk / Music Jules Massenet's Werther Opera ”Ah! Non mi ridestar” -Aria By Beniamino Gigli / Editing Oskar Franzén & Hannaleena Heiska / Camera Assistant Sari Aaltonen
Work has been supported by AVEK, The Promotion Centre For Audiovisual Culture and The Finnish Cultural Foundation
Work has been supported by AVEK, The Promotion Centre For Audiovisual Culture and Finnish Cultural FoundaA painterly, operatic work about escapism, sublime emotions, and desperate love. It`s soundtrack is the aria Ah! Non mi ridestar! from Jules Massenet`s opera Werther. The first scene looks like an empty, austere landscape. Then the camera moves to close-ups of a hairy creature that at first remains unidentified.
Jules Massnet's Werther
aria Ah! Non mi ridestar!
Lyrics: Why do you wake me now?
Why do you wake me now, o sweetest breath of spring?
On my brow I sense your most gentle caress,
yet how soon creeps on the time.
filled with tempests and with distress!
Tomorrow through the vale, the traveler will pass,
recalling all of the glory of the past.
And in vain he will search for the bloom of my youth,
and nothing will he find but deep pain and endless sorrow.
Alas! Why do you wake me now, o sweetest breath of spring!
Written & directed by Hannaleena Heiska / Cinematographer Anu Keränen / Performer Tjerk / Music Jules Massenet's Werther Opera ”Ah! Non mi ridestar” -Aria By Beniamino Gigli / Editing Oskar Franzén & Hannaleena Heiska / Camera Assistant Sari Aaltonen
Work has been supported by AVEK, The Promotion Centre For Audiovisual Culture and Finnish Cultural Foundation
Work has been supported by AVEK, The Promotion Centre For Audiovisual Culture and Finnish Cultural FoundaA painterly, operatic work about escapism, sublime emotions, and desperate love. It`s soundtrack is the aria Ah! Non mi ridestar! from Jules Massenet`s opera Werther. The first scene looks like an empty, austere landscape. Then the camera moves to close-ups of a hairy creature that at first remains unidentified.
Jules Massnet's Werther
aria Ah! Non mi ridestar!
Lyrics: Why do you wake me now?
Why do you wake me now, o sweetest breath of spring?
On my brow I sense your most gentle caress,
yet how soon creeps on the time.
filled with tempests and with distress!
Tomorrow through the vale, the traveler will pass,
recalling all of the glory of the past.
And in vain he will search for the bloom of my youth,
and nothing will he find but deep pain and endless sorrow.
Alas! Why do you wake me now, o sweetest breath of spring!
Written & directed by Hannaleena Heiska / Cinematographer Anu Keränen / Performer Tjerk / Music Jules Massenet's Werther Opera ”Ah! Non mi ridestar” -Aria By Beniamino Gigli / Editing Oskar Franzén & Hannaleena Heiska / Camera Assistant Sari Aaltonen
Work has been supported by AVEK, The Promotion Centre For Audiovisual Culture and Finnish Cultural Foundation
Work has been supported by AVEK, The Promotion Centre For Audiovisual Culture and Finnish Cultural FoundaA painterly, operatic work about escapism, sublime emotions, and desperate love. It`s soundtrack is the aria Ah! Non mi ridestar! from Jules Massenet`s opera Werther. The first scene looks like an empty, austere landscape. Then the camera moves to close-ups of a hairy creature that at first remains unidentified.
Jules Massnet's Werther
aria Ah! Non mi ridestar!
Lyrics: Why do you wake me now?
Why do you wake me now, o sweetest breath of spring?
On my brow I sense your most gentle caress,
yet how soon creeps on the time.
filled with tempests and with distress!
Tomorrow through the vale, the traveler will pass,
recalling all of the glory of the past.
And in vain he will search for the bloom of my youth,
and nothing will he find but deep pain and endless sorrow.
Alas! Why do you wake me now, o sweetest breath of spring!
