Conductor

When the beach lies beneath the pavement, as the ‘68ers’ liked to say, it's not far to the sea. Gladis, the protagonist of this opera, follows the opposite direction, from the sea to the pavement. Gladis is an orca. And she wants to destroy what she destroys. Cruise ships, superyachts, that sort of thing. Not just in the sea, but also on land. And so she takes up an offer and sells one of her fins for 24 hours of human form. Der rote Wal (The Red Whale) is a fairy tale that approaches a Stuttgart material that is charged like a myth. A “German autumn fairy tale“ about the myth of the RAF, about the question of what resistance is allowed and also about what was and what is true.

The Red Whale

Stuttgart Opera

"A scandal? No, joy. Exuberant joy," was the verdict of the Süddeutsche Zeitung after the Schwerin premiere of SANCTA. Florentina Holzinger's opera performance combines Paul Hindemith's one act opera Sancta Susanna with elements of the Catholic liturgy to create a new and radical vision of the Holy Mass ritual. Together with her performers, Holzinger embarks on spectacular physical borderline experiences and explores individual spirituality and faith, sexuality and pain, shame and liberation. Magic and religious miracles are reinterpreted in an ecstatic celebration of community and self-determination, in which J.S. Bach meets metal, the Weather Girls meet Rachmaninov - and naked nuns meet roller skates.

HOLY

When the beach lies beneath the pavement, as it was often said in the past, it is not far to the sea. Gladis, the protagonist of this opera, follows the opposite direction, from the sea to the pavement. Gladis is an orca. And she wants to break what she breaks. Cruise ships, superyachts, that sort of thing. On her quest for revenge, she meets Lone, who promises her human form for 24 hours and demands one of her fins as a reward. On the pavement, she meets Abad and Ge, an urban guerrilla, schoolchildren on a museum visit to Stammheim. Gladis gets caught between the fronts and questions arise: Does the end justify the means? What remains when every truth is distorted? And if you can't fight violence peacefully, is militancy the last resort left to us all? But or because this is a fairy tale, the kiss of true love can free Gladis from everything in between.

EPSG:4326

Der Rote Wal

The Staatstheater Stuttgart

The Lübeck Philharmonic Society is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a special concert in collaboration with the Lübeck Theater and the Lübeck University Orchestra. The program includes works by composers who have received and continue to receive less attention than they deserve due to their origin, gender or skin color. This concert, led by a renowned conductor, thus positions itself artistically for diversity and against discrimination and unequal treatment in the music world.

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Music and Congress Hall

Carmen is one of the most complicated opera heroines to understand. How can she start by saying she is “free as a bird” and then end up believing that it is her destiny to seek out the man she knows will kill her?

Conductor

Marit Strindlund

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 17, 2025 - Jan 22, 2026

The Red Whale · Staatsoper Stuttgart

25 - 30 Nov, 2026

Carmen · Musikhuset Aarhus

Past events

Dec 17, 2025 - Jan 22, 2026

The Red Whale · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Oct 3 - Nov 2, 2025

HOLY · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in The Red Whale by Bhatti

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Conductor in Carmen by Bizet

Musikhuset Aarhus

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