Singer

Everything revolves around the operetta - the musical theater genre that Jacques Offenbach invented in Paris in the mid-19th century . Thematically, the present is examined, unmasked and parodied, especially its rigid social values ​​and morals. In the Viennese operetta maelstrom, Johann Strauss, later Franz Lehár and Carl Millöcker know how to inspire the masses and lead them through the major political crises. Of course, it is always about love - the false and the real, which is sung about with melodious music. At the

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1. Classic Light / Everything Operetta

Antonio Salieri was court composer in Vienna when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart came to town in 1781. With his casual manners and high spirits, Mozart constantly crossed the boundaries of social conventions. But his compositions, with their brilliant perfection, testify to his great talent. Salieri felt insulted by the boy prodigy and began a personal battle with Mozart. He tried to sabotage Mozart's career through intrigues and rumors. In the process, Salieri found himself in an inner conflict between admiration for Mozart's music and his own jealousy.

Amadeus

Staatstheater Mainz

Baron Scarpia collects trophies. And Floria Tosca, the celebrated opera diva, is to be his greatest achievement! He knows that she would reject him sharply - so it suits him, the unscrupulous police chief of Rome, just fine that Tosca's lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, is suspected of having helped an alleged enemy of the state. Scarpia forces Floria to listen to what Mario experiences in prison. In all kindness, he offers her a way out: to spend a night of love with him! But the singer is cleverer than he thinks and makes sure that he will not survive Tosca's kiss. But has she already won?
Giacomo Puccini's blockbuster is one of the most haunting, emotional operas ever. Some of the arias from it are still hits today - such as Vissi d'arte , when Floria Tosca sings about her life for art, to which political power games are completely alien. Or Cavaradossi's famous tenor solo E lucevan le stelle , which has been causing storms of applause during the orchestral postlude for over 120 years.
Director Christian Poewe and chief conductor Marcus Bosch will open the season in the main house with Tosca .

Tosca

Volkstheater Rostock - Big House

Music theater with the song cycle by Franz Schubert and Wilhelm Müller / Version for choir, baritone and two accordions by Gregor Meyer / With texts by Lena Reissner
I came as a stranger, and I leave as a stranger. These words not only open what is perhaps the most famous song cycle in music history, they hit the nail on the head when it comes to the Romantic attitude to life. Motifs such as hiking, loneliness, love's exuberance and heartache, inner restlessness, even the German forest: all of this was very well received after its publication in a country that was searching for its own identity.

Jaehwan Shim

Baritone

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 18 - Feb 22, 2025

Amadeus · Volkstheater Rostock

Jan 25 - Feb 22, 2025

Tosca · Volkstheater Rostock

1 - 9 Mar, 2025

The Winter Journey · Volkstheater Rostock

Past events

Jan 1, 2024

1. Classic Light / Everything Operetta · Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cesare Angelotti in Tosca by Puccini

Volkstheater Rostock

Singer in Amadeus by Mozart

Volkstheater Rostock

Singer in The Winter Journey by Schubert

Volkstheater Rostock

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