"At the White Horse Inn on Lake Wolfgangsee, happiness is at your doorstep" - in the popular inn, all kinds of different characters meet each other, all looking for happiness (in love): waiter Leopold loves his boss, the landlady of the "Rössl", Josepha Vogelhuber, but is constantly rejected because Josepha is interested in her regular guest Dr. Siedler. But he has his eye on the factory owner's daughter Ottilie, who in turn is to marry Sigismund, the son of her father's greatest competitor. Sigismund, however... in short: Lake Wolfgangsee is not just an Alpine Salzkammergut idyll, but also a tangle of love and competition. And then the emperor comes.

Im weissen Rössl

Staatstheater Braunschweig

The new production of the opera "Koma" by Georg Friedrich Haas is the next contemporary work at the Braunschweig State Theater, following "Dead Man Walking", "Das große Heft", "Dog Days", "Hanjo" and "Angels in America", among others, and promises to be another high point in the exploration of new forms of musical theater. Under the musical direction of Alexis Agrafiotis and in a production by artistic director Dagmar Schlingmann, the audience will not sit in the auditorium, but on the stage. The audience capacity in the main hall of the State Theater is therefore limited to 180 per performance. In addition, parts of the performance will take place in total darkness, as intended by the composer.

coma

The development of this piece idea began with "Schmidti's Children's Songs", which strengthen children, meet them at eye level and start a conversation with them about the world. For Braunschweig's children, director and overall artist Roscha A. Säidow selected nine songs from "Schmidti's Children's Songs". Philipp Rohmer arranged these songs for musicians from the Braunschweig State Theater while Roscha continued to spin a story that connects these nine songs. The result is Wünsche and Feisel. As Wünsche, Juliane Dennert with Rainer Mesecke as Feisel follows Little Kurt and the turtle Erna through a very special day. It is the other way around. What starts out as a completely normal morning in the city park is suddenly turned upside down. Just as the turtle Erna sits down in the clover and waits for her friend Little Kurt to come around the corner, everything remains quiet. Little Kurt doesn't come. That's a good start.

Rainer Mesecke

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 5 - Mar 7, 2025

Im weissen Rössl · Staatstheater Braunschweig

4 - 12 Jun, 2025

Little Kurt and the Turtle Erna · Staatstheater Braunschweig

Past events

Jan 5 - Mar 7, 2025

Im weissen Rössl · Staatstheater Braunschweig

Mar 9, 2024

coma · Staatstheater Braunschweig

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Staatstheater Braunschweig

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