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How well-versed are you in Greek mythology? Are you familiar with the characters of goddesses and gods? And who actually rode the Trojan horse?
The operetta The Beautiful Helen offers a little insight here: Helen was supposedly the most beautiful woman in the world in her time (around 1250 BC). Aphrodite, who had won the beauty contest with Athena and Hera, had promised Helen to the judge Paris as a prize. At the time of the contest, however, Helen was not free; she was married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The prize could therefore only be fulfilled by kidnapping Helen, which is ultimately seen as the trigger for the Trojan War.

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The Beautiful Helena

Staatstheater Mainz

"Luisa Miller" is Giuseppe Verdi’s third setting of a play by Friedrich Schiller. “It is a great drama, full of passion and very effective in theatrical terms,” the composer wrote to the librettist Salvadore Cammarano about Kabale und Liebe. In order to conform to the expectations of the censors and audience, Verdi first had to reduce the play to a libretto suitable for opera, moving the focus from Schiller’s political tale to the family drama. In his opera, first performed in Naples in 1849, Verdi produced outstanding character studies of all his protagonists. In this work he laid the foundation for many “Verdi types” of later years, e.g. Iago, Giorgio Germont, Aida or Desdemona. Luisa Miller was first performed in Hamburg at the Hamburg State Opera in 1981 in a new production conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli and directed by Luciano Damiani, who also designed the sets and costumes at the time.

Luisa Miller

Staatsoper Hamburg

Ulf has a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a tadpole in a jar, two euros, four golf balls, a friend and a grandpa. A grandpa is great! But it's unfair that his best friend Berra doesn't have one. So the two boys decide: "We'll find one!" But where do lots of grandpas and grandmas run around? Sure, in the old people's home. So Berra and Ulf set off and meet Nils, a real grandpa. A grandpa who listens to pop songs - "Can you whistle, Johanna ..." With him, Berra can finally build kites, celebrate birthdays, steal cherries and learn to whistle. But how much time do they have left together?

Tenor

Ziad Nehme

Events

Past events

Dec 21, 2024 - Apr 21, 2025

The Beautiful Helena · Staatstheater Mainz

Nov 24 - Dec 4, 2024

Luisa Miller · Staatsoper Hamburg

Future and recently performed repertoire

A Farmer in Luisa Miller by Verdi

Staatsoper Hamburg

Ajax II in The Beautiful Helena, from: Overture by Offenbach

Staatstheater Mainz

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