Hollywood film magnate Sam Makintosh urgently needs an unusual subject for a new film. His daughter Marylou has an idea: the new film should be based on real life, with actors who bring their own fate to the screen. After a look at the gossip press, she believes she has found the perfect inspiration in the Grand Hotel in Cannes, France, because that is where the Infanta Isabella and her court stayed after the proclamation of the republic in Spain. It turns out that everything is in turmoil here. The strong-willed Marylou throws herself into the thick of things and is soon swept away by the maelstrom of events herself.

Fairytale in the Grand Hotel

Theater Nordhausen

Georges Bizet did not live to see the success of his last opera, "Carmen," as he died just a few months after its premiere, which took place in March 1875 at the Paris Opera-comique. At the time, there was a hail of harsh criticism: the title character, for example, was "obscene" in her unconditional love of freedom, an "incarnation of vice" and should be "banned by the police." The composer and his librettists portrayed the dramatic story of the spirited Spanish woman Carmen and her lover Don José in a drastic realism that was unusual for the time. Carmen, who loves her independence and does not allow herself to be taken over, increasingly frees herself from the possessive clutches of Don José. The latter is drawn into a fatal vortex of jealousy and mistrust.

Carmen

The singer Orpheus loses his beloved wife Eurydice to the poisonous bite of a snake. With his singing he softens Hades, the god of the underworld, who then grants him access to the realm of the dead to be with his wife. Orpheus is allowed to accompany Eurydice back to life. But only on the condition that he does not look back at her on the way. But that is precisely what he does not manage!

Orpheus and Eurydice

Sondershausen Palace

In this Loh concert we combine a promising musical program, open-air atmosphere and culinary delicacies to create a special evening. The overture to Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Il barbiere di Siviglia" exudes airy lightness, while Hector Berlioz explores the tragic facets of love in his famous song cycle. The expressive melodies and subtle instrumentation are unparalleled. The strings of the Loh Orchestra accompany the break in the open air in front of the octagon house with Mozart's famous serenade "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", during which you can also indulge in culinary delights.

4th Loh concert

Achteckhaus

Hardly any other rock band has achieved such lasting success as the Beatles. Our singers, accompanied by the Loh Orchestra, bring these golden years of pop history back to life on the Nordhausen stage. Under the motto "All You Need Is Love", visitors can expect an unforgettable evening full of highlights such as "Yesterday", "Strawberry Fields" and "A Hard Day's Night". Not only die-hard Beatles fans will be thrilled!

The Beatles in Concert

"Missa in angustiis" ("Mass in times of distress") is a truly telling title. Joseph Haydn's D minor work does indeed tell of current hardships and the hope for a better future. The music clearly refers to the war events of that time, the end of which was still far from in sight in 1798. In 1815, the very year when peace finally returned to Europe, the 18-year-old Franz Schubert wrote his 3rd Symphony, in just nine days, as it is said. The youthful stroke of genius seems to capture in music the spirit of optimism after the victory over Napoleon.

3rd Loh concert

St. Blasii Church

The lives of Juliet, daughter of the Capulet family, and Romeo, son of the Montagues, would certainly have been different if Juliet had married Count Paris, who was her intended, and Romeo had married his love, Rosalinda. But things turned out differently: when they first met, Romeo and Juliet fell madly in love. But they knew that a romantic relationship was impossible, as their families had been in bitter conflict for a long time. When the secret relationship was discovered, a fateful fight broke out between Romeo and Juliet's cousin Tybalt, which ended in death for the latter and finally destroyed any hope of a happy outcome for the lovers.

Roméo et Juliette

Culture and Convention Center Meininger Hof

The flower shop owner Mr. Mushnik is losing customers because his shop has little to offer other than wilted flowers. He wants to close it down. But then his employee Seymour comes up with a special breed that is a carnivorous plant. As soon as it is placed in the window, the plant becomes an attraction. But it is demanding. Seymour initially feeds it blood, but at some point this is no longer enough for the ever-growing plant. It demands human flesh. In the end, Seymour is not the only victim of his own breed...

Little Shop of Horrors

Normally, the Marquise de Merteuil gets rid of her lovers. But it was different with the Comte de Gercourt, who ended the liaison. To take revenge on him, the Vicomte de Valmont, who is well-versed in all the arts of seduction, is supposed to take away Gercourt's virgin bride's innocence before the wedding. But Valmont feels called to greater things: he wants to make the modest Madame de Tourvel submissive and makes a bet with the Marquise, with whom he himself once had an affair: if he actually manages to seduce Tourvel, he and the Marquise will spend another night together. But the unscrupulous game of power and intrigue increasingly gets out of hand...

Dangerous Liaisons

"Love is blind," is what is usually said. In Peter I. Tchaikovsky's last opera, "Iolanta," it is different: it is only love that makes the title heroine see. The young woman, daughter of the Provençal king René, has always been blind. But she knows nothing about it. In order to supposedly protect her, those around her keep this from her, as well as the fact that she is a princess. It is only a stranger who rescues her from her paradisiacal world of illusion: the Burgundian knight Vaudémont reveals to Iolanta that she is blind, thus initiating her healing process, at the end of which, through the power of love and thanks to her own strong will, she can finally see.

Rina Hirayama

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 29, 2024 - Jan 26, 2025

Fairytale in the Grand Hotel · Theater Nordhausen

Mar 28 - Jun 1, 2025

Dangerous Liaisons · Theater Nordhausen

2 - 30 May, 2025

Jolanthe · Theater Nordhausen

Past events

Nov 29, 2024 - Jan 26, 2025

Fairytale in the Grand Hotel · Theater Nordhausen

Nov 23 - Dec 14, 2024

Carmen · Theater Nordhausen

Future and recently performed repertoire

Stéphano, Roméo's Page in Roméo et Juliette by Gounod

Theater Nordhausen

Carmen in Carmen by Bizet

Theater Nordhausen

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