Husband and wife Sting and Trudie Styler passionately portrayed the love of husband and wife Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck at a performance of “Twin Spirits” in the Allen Room of Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center Wednesday night.

The musical and theatrical show, which was first performed five years ago, centers on letters written by Schumann (read by Sting) and Wieck (read by Styler) that chronicle a budding love affair and the eventual marriage of the German composer to the pianist during the first half of the 19th century — and Schumann’s eventual decline into madness after the early deaths of his contemporaries. The show has been performed several times in the U.S. and the U.K., including at Windsor Castle for Prince Charles.

“It’s always a moving piece. The story is very affecting,” Sting said during an interview at a reception following the show. “People are always…It’s the same result, people are crying. And then they want to go and listen to the music of Schumann again — both Clara and Robert. So it’s been a success.”

“They were created originally to raise funds for London’s Royal Opera House,” Styler said of the “Twin Spirits” shows. “So Sting and I did what I thought would be a one-off, but it was a hit, so we got asked to do it five more times. We did it four years ago at The New Victory Theater, with Jonathan Pryce narrating. So this is our second time in New York. David Strathairn [was] our narrator, but Ian McKellen has [narrated] it more than anyone else.”

Styler noted that John Caird, with whom she was in the Royal Shakespeare Company, devised and directed “Twin Spirits.” Caird conceived the production with longtime friends Sting and Styler in mind.

Wednesday’s show, which was presented by Culture Project, celebrated Schumann’s 200th birthday, and a percentage of the evening’s proceeds are to benefit the Music Unites Youth Choir.