Yearning for the Presence

In 2008 Mark Andre was commissioned by the Staatsoper Stuttgart to write an opera on a subject that had fascinated the composer since he was a child, the tale of the disappearance of Jesus of Nazareth. The operas main character is Johannes Reuchlin, a 15th c. Christian scholar of the Jewish Kabbala. Filmmaker Uli Aumüllers Yearning For The Presence follows Mr. Andre during his journey to Israel in 2011, doing his sound research in the Experimentalstudio SWR, Freiburg in 2013, and in final rehearsals for the Wunderzaichen at the Stattsoper Stuttgart in spring 2014.