A suddenly awakened desire throws Sergeant Don José off his usual path. A woman who unexpectedly throws a flower at his feet gives him access to a world he had previously closed off to. The woman's name is Carmen, and she is a social outsider. What she wants, she takes; when she loves, she does so with every fiber of her being. A coincidence brings Carmen and José together, or perhaps a misunderstanding. For José, erotically inexperienced, believes that the flower thrown at him has attracted Carmen's attention. To be with her, he accepts military demotion and imprisonment; in fact, he ultimately risks his entire civil existence for a relationship with Carmen. But after a short time, she has had enough of him and wants to break up with him. Carmen uncompromisingly asserts her right to freedom and self-determination.

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Carmen

Theater Lübeck

The Principality of Silistria is highly coveted. Two European countries are vying for a trade agreement: Hungary and Turkey. But Silistria only wants to choose one partner. While the Hungarian ambassador Count Géza von Tököli is already courting the favour of the Silistrian Princess Petra, everyone is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Turkish ambassador. The latter’s appearance ultimately exceeds all expectations because, as it turns out, Turkey’s diplomat is a woman: Dschilli Bey! Gender clichés and cultural prejudices are now turned upside down and thoroughly shaken up. A competitive struggle full of intrigue, mistaken identities and surprising twists and turns ensues. Who comes out on top? See for yourself!

Eine Frau von Format

Staatenhaus Köln

They want to live solely for art and love: the singer Floria Tosca and the painter Mario Cavaradossi. Yet they find themselves caught in a deadly whirlpool of political and personal power struggles. Cavaradossi sympathizes with the ideals of a liberal republic, but at the same time paints Madonnas for the ultra-conservative Roman clergy. When he helps a fugitive republican find refuge, the police chief Baron Scarpia, who has established a reign of terror in Rome to suppress republican aspirations, becomes suspicious of him. To achieve two goals at once—to eliminate Cavaradossi and to subjugate his lover Tosca—Scarpia devises a truly diabolical plan: He has Cavaradossi arrested and tortured in Tosca's presence, and then makes her an extortionate offer...

Dieter Richter

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Sep 21, 2025 - Mar 27, 2026

Carmen · Theater Lübeck

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Tosca · Theater Lübeck

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Carmen · Theater Lübeck

May 11 - Jun 4, 2025

Eine Frau von Format · Oper Köln

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