Alceste has lost his heart to the young Célimène. She reciprocates his feelings, but she also enjoys socializing, has many admirers, and loves to flirt—especially on her television show, "Célimène Uncensored," where she invites local high society to share the latest gossip in front of an audience. Alceste, an investigative journalist, is a guest on her show to promote his new book, which exposes the hypocritical machinations of politics. Uncompromising and relentless, he refuses to make any concessions to politeness and etiquette—he insists on radical honesty. With passionate determination, he confronts a hypocritical society, preaches absolute truth, and deliberately places himself in an outsider position Witty and full of punchlines, Molière wrote a profound play about appearance and reality, and a wonderfully grotesque comedy of character. Ekat Cordes' production places the story in the garish, plastic world of television, where not all that glitters is gold, and shows that while the world may have changed since Molière's time, people have remained the same.

The Misanthrope

Konzerthalle im Kurpark

Stadthalle Plochingen

In immersive soundscapes, musicians from Ensemble Modern and the Apollo Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden invite the audience to explore the creative and transformative power of melancholic worlds.

Sita Messer

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23 - 27 Mar, 2026

The Misanthrope · Landestheater Detmold

21 - 22 Mar, 2025

Melencolia · Staatsoper Berlin

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