Variety is a scarce commodity in the glum little village depicted by Gaetano Donizetti and his librettist Felice Romani – the only prospects beyond the stifling confines of this backwater seem to be the illusion of a hero’s life as a soldier, even if it might lead to an untimely death.

L’elisir D’amore

Max-Joseph-Platz

Experience a stage rehearsal of " Reunion: A Piece of Hope" with writer and director David Bösch.

Stage orchestra rehearsal "Reunion. A Piece of Hope"

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Hospital, intensive care unit. A long-separated couple fears for the life of their son Jonah. The 9-year-old has been in a serious accident and is in a deep sleep. Will he die? How do we talk about our feelings? How do we talk about the situation? Is it even possible anymore: to talk to each other without accusations and hurt? The scenes of this reunion, which is also an encounter with dying, with death, oscillate between reckoning and rapprochement, tenderness and harshness, and between Twix and Bounty bars from the vending machine. Meanwhile, Jonah, far above the machines keeping him alive, experiences fantastic adventures. His companion in this world is Hannah, who is also in the intensive care unit.

Goodbye. A piece of hope

Seeing his love succeed against the will of the parents is pretty difficult in a rural setting. Especially when he is also considered an outsider, things do not look good with the parents-in-law, and there's a lot of money in the mix as well. But what Hans negotiates with Kezal the marriage broker, without discussing it with his beloved Marie, certainly requires a very special kind of chutzpah, and it very nearly goes all wrong – bartering his loved one to a certain person, which turns out through rhetorical trickery to be himself, only becomes evident as a good idea at the end. Which once again proves: The comedy is only a tragedy avoided at the very last minute.

The Bartered Bride

In a remote corner of France lives D'Artagnan, a fearless girl with a mind full of imagination and a strong sense of justice. The self-absorbed king and his power-hungry advisor, Cardinal Richelieu, have the country firmly in their grip. The key to their power is the mysterious golden croissant, which makes people selfish and ruthless. D'Artagnan hatches a plan: she must become a musketeer and put an end to the haunting! Together with the cheeky horse Holgar and the somewhat clumsy but courageous Portos, she sets out on a journey.

Musketeers!

Schauspielhaus Salzburg

A coming-of-age story, recurring conflicts with parents, and first love, Manon is a young girl full of hopes, dreams, and an irrepressible desire for life. Manon is to enter a convent and sees her desire for a free, self-determined life fading. However, she falls head over heels in love and flees to Paris, the city of love and opportunity.

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Manon

Staatsoper Hamburg

A chalk circle, a child in the centre. Each child's arm is pulled by a woman who claims to be the mother. "The right mother will have the right strength," says Prince Pao - it will be the one who lets go of her child so as not to tear it apart. By the time Haitang is able to hold her child in her arms again, she has an odyssey of injustice under her belt. Abandoned, sold, mistreated, slandered and convicted of murder, it is nothing short of a miracle that justice unexpectedly receives strong intercession here.

David Bösch

Events

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Mar 29 - May 22, 2026

Goodbye. A piece of hope · Stadttheater Klagenfurt

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19 - 24 Apr, 2026

L’elisir D’amore · Bayerische Staatsoper

Mar 30, 2026

Stage orchestra rehearsal "Reunion. A Piece of Hope" · Stadttheater Klagenfurt

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