Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights
by Gertrude Stein
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The Rosehips with Michele Collins, Anna Gustavsson and Georgia Wartel Collins examine the avantgarde novelist and playwright Gertrude Stein’s libretto Dr Faustus Lights the Lights from 1938. With voice, percussion, electronic sounds, double bass and Steins pioneering text, they find clues and parallels to our contemporary world.
Michele Collins - vocals
Anna Gustavsson – percussion, syntheziser, vocals
Georgia Wartel Collins – double bass
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Music composition – Anna Gustavsson
Concept, musical arrangements – The RosehipsProducer, director – Johan PetriSound consultant – Niklas Billström​
Produced by RADIOART
“I do not care anything but to live well and go to hell.”
Gertrude Stein
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An essay by Magnus Florin on Doctor Faustus and Gertrude Stein
An interview with Michele Collins och Anna Gustavsson.