An epochal journey into the mystical world of the gods between past, present, and future, between earth, sky and underworld, faith, love, and hope, full of impressive and breathtaking surprises - that was MOTHER GILGAMESH!

One of the biggest open-air spectacles in Europe thrilled almost 80,000 visitors with free admission in the middle of Linz! The highlight of the year, the Linzer Klangwolke 22 presented by Sparkasse OÖ and LINZ AG, MOTHER GILGAMESH, was back in the Donaupark on 10 September at 8:30 pm. Forces of nature that played a significant role and were fantastically staged, surrounded by poetry, wild tyranny, the madness of giants, an enmity that led to friendship, culminated in love, and raised the question of immortality, were the focus. A more than moving, thought-provoking, and impressive Linz Klangwolke was presented by the internationally successful director Pierre Audi.

Sunnyi Melles, one of the best-known and most versatile exceptional actresses of our time, embodied the role of MOTHER GILGAMESH, developed especially for the Linz Klangwolke 22.  The popular open-air spectacle on the banks of the Danube in front of the Brucknerhaus Linz has never been more promising, exciting, and historic! Breathtaking moments, gigantic ships whose wings became places of storytelling, oversized video stagings including fascinating light and sound design made the audience cheer from MOTHER GILGAMESH's perspective and amazed the crowd.

Urs Schönebaum set the stage for his magnificent stage and light design on three ships that were presented as floating stage locations on the Danube: The "Temple Boat", the "Inferno/Forest Boat" and the "Tower Boat", on which the story of MOTHER GILGAMESH was transported.

A special highlight was the sound design specially put together for MOTHER GILGAMESH, which linked compositions by Stefan Gregory with musical works and original quotations by famous composers such as Anton Bruckner, of course, and contained and recombined quotations from other impressive works from the entire existing musical history. The newly composed soundscape by Stefan Gregory also included five short choral sequences - among others by Anton Bruckner - which will be performed by the famous St. Florian Boys' Choir.

The new sound design also made the Linzer Klangwolke 22 a fantastic and impressive musical experience for all the senses that was second to none. The St. Florian Boys' Choir, the most famous choir in Upper Austria with its 40 singers, presented themselves with well-known repertoire such as Bruckner's Locus iste on a floating stage. Not only the venue was a special highlight for the experienced stage heroes, but also the fact that two pieces of music were composed especially for the St. Florian Boys' Choir by Stefan Gregory.