The ruling and their subjects are affected by communication problems. Two families want to make us believe that the daughter is a boy and the son is a girl. Refusal to acknowledge reality is pervasive, and the ruler’s wife is acclaimed: “Viva l’Aurora, …viva!” These are the themes of the 2009/10 season: ubiquitous, timeless, harmless. Been there, done that: “Money for nothing and chicks for free”, as the British pop band Dire Straits ironised the superficiality of their times as early as in 1988. Nothing ever changes: the Congress dances on … keep it up!
Opéra-bouffe en un acte
Libretto: Henri Ch. Chivot & Alfred Duru
Chinoiserie musicale
Libretto: Ludovic Halévy
in French
Next Performances:
October 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31
November 3, 5*, 7*
* sold out
at: 19.30 Uhr
after a play by August Strindberg –
translated from Swedish and arranged by the composer and Uwe Schendel
in German
Next Performances:
February 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27*
* sold out
at: 19.30 Uhr
Festa pastorale
in Italian
Next Performances:
May 8, 11, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27
June 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12
at: 19.30 Uhr