Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel - Der Sanger Gunther Groissbock [Blu-ray]

I live alone in my heaven / The singer Günther Groissböck - A film by Astrid Bscher It makes you feel what it feels like to be alone at the top. Anyone who sees and hears him suddenly knows more about the search for the right path that drives every serious person. His stage characters touch the heart. The bass Günther Groissböck embodies kings, scholars and philosophers in the world's great opera houses; he plays priests, mythical creatures, gods. You could say he specializes in lonely characters. At first glance, however, Günther Groissböck does not seem like someone who has personal experience with the topic of loneliness. The singer stands, works and acts on and behind the stage in intensive contact with people. He is married, has a daughter, is in the middle of life or, as the conductor Philippe Jordan puts it: “He is passionate about many things in life, not just art”. Can you play what you don't know? How does he shape his stage characters? What are the building blocks for the game? When does the instrument, its voice, touch the audience? How much community spirit and how much individuality does an opera singer need today? And where does Günther Groissböck get the incredible energy he exudes on stage? We accompanied the artist from Waidhofen an der Ybbs (Lower Austria) with our camera for two years, on night trips and day trips. At rehearsals, sports and performances. We filmed him as Kaspar dressed in black, as the powerful King Philipp or as a searcher in Richard Strauss' villa. The result is a film portrait that tells of a special attitude to life; of loneliness as a source of artistic strength; from a man who can fill his voice with content from within. The film about Günther Groissböck tells of two lines from a Rückert poem, set to music by Gustav Mahler:
“I live alone in my heaven, in my love, in my song.”