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"Jump in at the deep end. You'll see how it goes."
Far in the far north, a lone fisherman is kayaking when he suddenly discovers something that takes his breath away: a group of seals have shed their fur and transformed into human women. He falls in love with one of the seal women and quickly takes her fur. She is actually willing to leave her native element, the water, and marry the fisherman — on one condition: after seven years, he must return the fur to her. Their child grows up happily, but the seven years are soon over. Will the fisherman keep his promise?
Whether it's the tense cracking of the ice or the lightheartedness of deeply felt love: this Inuit fairy tale takes us into musically touching soundscapes that go straight to the heart. With The Seal Woman's Child, Valérie Junker has staged a story of love, loss, and acceptance.

The Seal Woman's Child

Ballhof Two

"She is a glorious woman, she is a divine woman. I'm at a loss for words if I describe her any further."
At the outbreak of World War II, the young Jewish actress and singer Lola Blau emigrated from Vienna via Linz and Basel to the USA—and after an alcohol-fueled career as a show star, she returned to Vienna in dismay. Antisemitism is surprisingly unextinct here—despite everything...
What Georg Kreisler explores in his one-woman cult musical " Today Evening: Lola Blau" is reminiscent of his own career, the life he had lived up to that point. Kreisler thus transfers his own biography onto that of a fictional woman! In 1971, Kreisler's then-wife, Topsy Küppers, approached the darkly humorous, grumpy singer and asked for a solo performance.

Tonight: Lola Blau

Ballhof, Hanover

"If it had been 'Lehman Sisters' and not 'Lehman Brothers,' the world might look very different today."
Christine Lagarde
When Adam Smith, the founder of political economy, was working on his major work, The Wealth of Nations , he lived with his mother, Margareth Douglas. According to Adam Smith, the principle that everyone should pursue their own advantage was the foundation for the well-being of society as a whole. As he developed this fundamental idea, his mother looked after his everyday well-being. And she probably cooked him dinner the day he wrote: "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, and the baker that we look for our food, but from their looking after their own interest."
250 years after the first publication of The Wealth of Nations, composer Andrea Tarrodi and her librettist Helena Röhr ask themselves: Did Adam Smith perhaps overlook something? Are our current ideas about economics still only based on half the truth?
The internationally sought-after Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi is famous for her colorful, impressionistic orchestral works. She also performs as a singer-songwriter.

Conductor, Pianist

Hyerim Byun

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 11 - May 25, 2026

Homo Economicus · Staatstheater Hannover

Past events

Nov 13 - Dec 1, 2025

The Seal Woman's Child · Staatstheater Hannover

10 - 25 Oct, 2025

Tonight: Lola Blau · Staatstheater Hannover

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Lola Blau by Kreisler

Staatstheater Hannover

Piano in The Seal Woman's Child by Kennedy-Fraser

Staatstheater Hannover

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