Chorus Director

The earth is sweating, the poles are melting—and somewhere, a penguin is sitting on packed suitcases. Thousands of animals from all over the world are competing for a ticket on the luxury liner "Arche Boa." Twelve animal finalists will present their stories in a spectacular show. The audience decides: Which animal will be saved, will receive the last QuarTIER on board, and thus be saved from extinction?

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1.  Children's concert Arche Boa

Theater Lübeck

Giselle falls in love with Duke Albrecht, unaware of his noble origins. When his identity is revealed by the gamekeeper Hilarion, Giselle loses her mind and dies. She now finds herself in the circle of the Wilis, ghosts of brides who died before their weddings. At night, they force young men to dance with them until they die of exhaustion. As a Wili, Giselle could take revenge on Hilarion and Albrecht – but love will prove to be the stronger force.

Giselle

Time is very confusing for a theater mind. When you have been in the world for so long, you lose the feeling for it. But it seems to be very important to people and we hear that in the music too: many composers have written music about the seasons or times of day. Here you can listen to a clock ticking, hear the big tower clock striking there, or be reminded of an evening sky. The orchestra takes the young audience on a musical journey through time, where one thing is certain: in this children's concert, time certainly does not pass too slowly.

Children's concert With music through year

Charlotte is not a sheep like you would expect from a book, because normal sheep prefer to stand together and are not at all brave. But Charlotte swims in the torrent, climbs trees and is not even afraid of the wild cat. And when one day two sheep disappear, Charlotte bravely sets out on a dangerous search. The orchestra accompanies Charlotte on her great adventure. Listen to a concert to give you courage.

Children's concert The Sheep Charlotte

Nothing is more improbable than the love between Tristan and Isolde: In a fight, Tristan murders her fiancé, then lets her heal his own wounds without being recognized. Tristan soon returns to Isolde and asks for her hand in marriage: not for himself, but in the name of King Marke. But something seems to be smoldering between the two, irreconcilable, on the border between love and hate. When Isolde plans to kill herself and Tristan, Isolde's servant Brangäne exchanges the poison for a love potion - the moment of impending death becomes the birth of a love that transcends everything.

Tristan and Isolde

On the evening of Christmas Day, the choir and soloist ensemble of the Theater Lübeck together with the Philharmonic Orchestra invite you to a festive concert with music for the Christmas season.

Christmas concert

She is a woman whose excessive desires lead to her own extinction: The Theban princess Semele is to marry Prince Athamas at her father's request, but falls in love with the god Jupiter, who appears to her in human form. On her wedding day, Semele therefore willingly allows herself to be abducted into his realm. The love-struck Jupiter swears to his new lover that he will grant her every wish. His jealous wife Juno uses this promise for a devious intrigue: In the guise of Semele's sister Ino, she convinces Semele that she can achieve immortality if she sees Jupiter in his true, divine form. In this way, she tells Semele that she wants Jupiter, without revealing to her that the sight of a god is unbearable for a human being. Semele will burn in the face of the real Jupiter.

Semele

Fifteen years after the end of the Second World War, the German diplomat Walter and his wife Lisa travel by ship from Europe to Brazil, where he is to take up a new position. Everything seems peaceful until Lisa unexpectedly notices a passenger on board who reminds her of Marta, a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp, where she worked as a guard. Lisa never told her husband anything about this past, and repressed it as best she could. But now images of her own involvement and guilt break out; the sea voyage leads inexorably into her own abysses.

The passenger

Munich Kammerspiele

The Merry Widow is Hanna Glawari. She has inherited a lot and can now live it up and make the salons of the Parisian upper class unsafe. If only it weren't for all her admirers who have their eyes on her fortune! Because now she sees the chance to marry her childhood sweetheart Danilo - but he of all people doesn't want to get the reputation of marrying out of greed.

The Merry Widow

The devil loves music—especially when a violin is involved. Some even whisper that he invented it himself! Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata, Paganini's lightning-fast Caprices, Schnittke's ghostly A Paganini —that doesn't sound like a human hand... or does it? In this concert, there's plucking, bowing, trickery, and seduction—until even the devil is amazed.

Chorus Director

Jan-Michael Krüger

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 27, 2025 - May 8, 2026

Giselle · Theater Lübeck

2 - 21 Dec, 2025

1. Children's concert Arche Boa · Theater Lübeck

25 - 29 Mar, 2026

3. Children's concert Devilishly good music · Theater Lübeck

Past events

2 - 21 Dec, 2025

1. Children's concert Arche Boa · Theater Lübeck

Sep 27, 2025 - May 8, 2026

Giselle · Theater Lübeck

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Giselle by Adam

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in Danses Concertantes by Stravinsky

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in Elijah by Mendelssohn

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in Caprice No. 24 by Paganini

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in String Quartet No. 1 by Shostakovich

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in Danse macabre by Saint-Saëns

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in Faust by Gounod

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in The Simpsons Theme by Elfman

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in Fidelio by Beethoven

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in Nonet by Farrenc

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Conductor in Gli Uccelli by Respighi

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Conductor in Faust Overture by Mayer

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Conductor in El corregidor y la molinera by Falla

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Conductor in Romance by Zádor

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Conductor in String Octet by Gade

Theater Lübeck

Conductor in Oboe Concerto in D minor by Lebrun

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Conductor in Symphony No. 1 by Martines

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Conductor in Walzer à la Paganini by Strauss

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Conductor in À Paganini by Schnittke

Theater Lübeck

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