Sergei Prokofiev's musical fairytale has, of course, long been a classic, introducing all sorts of orchestral instruments and requiring little further explanation. We look forward to Peter, his grandfather, the bird, the duck, the cat, and, with some anticipation, the Big Bad Wolf...

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Peter and the Wolf

Staatstheater Mainz

After the death of his girlfriend, Jonah has withdrawn into an artificial world where he surrounds himself with humanoid robots. With Alma, he has created a seemingly perfect new companion, whose memory he erases every night. Inspired by his friendship with a child, however, she develops her own desires and demands her right to self-determination. A dangerous game of life and death erupts between human and android.

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Jonathan Peachum, a successful entrepreneur in organized begging, has the city firmly in his grip. No one who wants to make it as a beggar can get past him. Only his daughter Polly, of all people, doesn't listen to him. She has plans to marry Macheath, known as Mackie Messer, who is also a big name in the London underworld. Macheath has good contacts in the authorities, especially with Police Chief Tiger Brown. These contacts are very useful in preventing the occasional unpleasant (murder) story from becoming a problem. But now it's not just Polly's father who is out to get him; other women he has promised to marry are also reminding people of themselves. In The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill mixes elements of jazz, tango, and fairground music, garnishing them with sideswipes at opera and operetta. The piece, which is based on John Gay's baroque opera parody The Beggar's Opera , is directed by Jan Neumann, who has staged the plays Sensemann & Söhne and kurz&nackig at the Staatstheater Mainz, among others.

Andri Joël Harison

Events

Past events

Nov 22, 2025

Peter and the Wolf · Staatstheater Mainz

7 - 28 Nov, 2025

humanoid · Staatstheater Mainz

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in The Threepenny Opera by Weill

Staatstheater Mainz

Conductor in Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev

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Conductor in humanoid by Evers

Staatstheater Mainz

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