Stefan Jürgens - Dracula

The Irish writer Bram Stoker tells his story Dracula, published in 1897, through diary entries, letters, telegrams, and newspaper reports. Stefan Jürgens has created an exciting and captivating reading performance from the most famous of all vampire novels. Focusing on the essentials (100 min.) and enriched with atmospheric sound and music interludes, as well as his piano, he provides the audience with an extraordinary listening experience. Featuring music by Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Chopin, Kilar, among others. “I am Dracula, and I welcome you.” When Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, embarks on a journey to the remote land of Transylvania in 1875 to assist a nobleman named Count Dracula with a real estate transaction in England, he unknowingly opens the door to an ancient, terrible secret. His journey, which begins with a sense of adventure, quickly transforms into pure horror as he starts to uncover the dreadful truth about his host and the true nature of the castle: it is a prison from which he cannot escape. While his fiancée Mina eagerly and anxiously awaits Jonathan's return to England, Jonathan makes one last desperate attempt to flee from the dark castle.