Dramaturge

The marriage of Orpheus and Eurydice is over: Eurydice is bored to death at home, while the rather untalented violinist Orpheus gropes his pupils. Eurydice takes an interest in the virile Aristeus, who turns out to be Pluto, ruler of the underworld. He takes her to his dark realm. Orpheus remains behind, rejoicing at his wife's departure. But he hasn't reckoned with public opinion, which, in the spirit of bourgeois decency, calls on Orpheus to go to Olympus and assert his claim to the gods for the return of his wife.

Orpheus in the Underworld

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Things are heating up in the Faninal household! The nouveau riche is eagerly awaiting the wedding of his daughter Sophie - it is to be a noble groom. However, it is not the intended candidate, the Baron Ochs, who will win Sophie's heart, but the bearer of the silver engagement rose: the young Count Octavian. Before his secret lover, the Feldmarschallin, releases Octavian for the union, Baron Ochs is publicly disgraced in a suburban pub ...

Dramaturge

Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz

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Nov 30, 2025 - Jan 30, 2026

Orpheus in the Underworld · Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Jan 29 - Feb 14, 2026

The Rosenkavalier · Volksoper Wien

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Nov 30, 2025 - Jan 30, 2026

Orpheus in the Underworld · Stadttheater Klagenfurt

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Hans Styx, Servant Of Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

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