When the farmer's daughter Emma marries the doctor Charles Bovary, she has high hopes for a new and exciting life. But everyday life quickly sets in and Emma feels locked into the pompous and predictable petit bourgeois lifestyle. She wants more! And she seeks excitement where it is offered: In cheesy novels, in the abundance of shops and in the allure of passion. But can she break free?

Madame Bovary

Dramaten

After Mozart left Salzburg for the first time in 1777, radical changes occurred in his life: He had a groundbreaking encounter with Haydn, who became his friend, and Mozart became acquainted with Munich and the Mannheim Orchestra. Added to this were his unhappy love affair with Aloysia Weber, a disappointing stay in Paris, and the tragic death of his mother. Mozart returned to his birthplace and, with a heavy heart, once again entered the service of Prince-Archbishop Colloredo. But he had changed profoundly as a person. The great vocal works he now composed are permeated by the spirit of the Enlightenment and by the philosophical and aesthetic currents that were then stirring Europe. Zaide marked the beginning of this new aesthetic, which refused any concession to gallant taste and instead explored the truth of the human soul. The fact that Mozart gradually freed himself from all tutelage — he left Colloredo, Salzburg, his father — and subsequently produced dramatic and sacred masterpieces such as Idomeneo (1780-1781), The Abduction from the Seraglio (1781-1782), and the Great Mass in C minor (1782-1783) is directly and unmistakably connected.

Evelin Facchini

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Dec 18, 2025 - Apr 22, 2026

Madame Bovary · Dramaten

17 - 22 Aug, 2025

Zaide or The Path of Light · Salzburger Festspiele

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