Name: L'Aiglon
Start: 2025-04-19T19:30:00
Location: Staatstheater Mainz

Step into a world of artistic brilliance at the Staatstheater Mainz, where timeless tales and contemporary narratives come alive. From the enchanting operetta of 'The Beautiful Helena' to the gripping play 'The End of Eddy', each performance offers a unique exploration of human emotions and societal themes. Join us as we journey through captivating musicals, operas, plays, and ballets, showcasing the creativity and talent of remarkable performers and creators.

Staatstheater Mainz: Unveiling Timeless Tales and Modern Narratives

Staatstheater Mainz's upcoming season promises an eclectic mix of storytelling and performance art that delves into timeless myths, modern dilemmas, and riveting dramas. From the legendary tales of Greek mythology in 'The Beautiful Helena' to the poignant journey of identity in 'The End of Eddy', each event offers a unique exploration of human experience and cultural heritage. Join us as we delve deep into the narratives, performances, and themes that make this season at Staatstheater Mainz a must-see for any theater enthusiast.

Cultural Odyssey: A Dive into Staatstheater Mainz's Diverse Theatrical Line-Up

Staatstheater Mainz presents a captivating season filled with diverse theatrical experiences. From classic operettas and plays to contemporary dance performances, the lineup features works that span cultures, histories, and genres. With talented performers and innovative creative teams, audiences can expect to be both entertained and challenged by the stories unfolding on stage. Whether diving into Greek mythology, exploring the human condition, or celebrating dance, there's something for everyone at this renowned cultural venue.

Exploring Theatrical Masterpieces at Staatstheater Mainz

Myungin Lee

Doğuş Güney

Hermann Bäumer

Julietta Aleksanyan

Derrick Ballard

Dennis Sörös

Alexandra Samouilidou

Verena Tönjes

Scott Ingham

Gabriel Rollinson

Katharina Sebastian

Tim-Lukas Reuter

Daniel Semsichko

Patrick Hörner

Franziska Jobst

Agustin  Sanchez Arellano

Jinsei Park

Alexander Simoes

Liudmila Maytak

Anke-Peifer  

Collin  Andre Schöning

Sebastian Hernandez-Laverny

Theresa Steinacker

Valentin Mattka

Luise Kautz

Frederik Wollek

Tanja Liebermann

Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz

Staatstheater Mainz

Beethoven's Pastorale is a musical love letter to nature, evoking precisely the feeling one experiences while strolling through meadows, over small stream bridges, and through forests. Pure nature and romance! But wait! Anna and Malte only discover garbage that was already being dumped in nature in Beethoven's time. As environmental detectives, we rely on the audience to ensure that a breath of fresh air can blow again tomorrow.

2. Concert for young people

The family epic "The Eighth Life (For Brilka)" tells the story of six generations of women in the Yashi family in Georgia throughout the 20th century—beginning in 1900, from the Tsarist era to Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the civil war in Georgia. While the novel chronicles the rise and fall of communism, it remains closely connected to the stories of its protagonists.

The Eighth Life (For Brilka)

It's no wonder that Viennese-born Fritz Kreisler was familiar with the "Viennese style," which is reflected in the collection of character pieces entitled Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Dance Tunes) : "Liebesfreud," "Liebesleid ," and "Schön Rosmarin" ( Love's Joy), "Liebesleid," and "Schön Rosmarin" (Beautiful Rosemary) are three charming miniatures, exhilarating and catchy, the second also somewhat elegiac—but all three with melodic wit and elegance. It's a true curiosity that the composer Fritz Kreisler long concealed the fact that he himself composed his encores for violin recitals, which often appear as stylistic copies. Kreisler himself liked to play them as encores, and for many soloists, they are still part of the "musical confectionery" with which the audience is treated to a sweet end to the concert.

7th Symphony Concert

Sky Night is a dance-theatre piece about friendship, identity, and the mysteries of the universe. Five dancers transform their passion for the stars into an exploration of what it means to experience change, to face an uncertain world, and to belong.

Sky Night (UA)

With In the Poppy Field, Paloma Muñoz invites the audience on an intense, sensual journey in which the bodies on stage exist beyond function and efficiency. Together with ten dancers, Muñoz explores liminal spaces—between past and future, animal and human, violence and tenderness—creating a world in which conventions dissolve and new forms of connection become possible. The group reveals itself in its raw, resistant presence—unbounded, norm-free, and vibrant. Disorganized and pulsating, the dancers become a community inhabited by animals, molecules, and desires.

In the Poppy Field (UA)

In a strict Calvinist community in the north of Scotland, young Bess falls in love with Jan, a Norwegian who works on a nearby oil rig. Shortly after their wedding, Jan narrowly survives a serious accident that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down. As a substitute for their now impossible physical relationship, Jan encourages his wife to sleep with other men and to tell him about it. Strengthened by her love and her faith, Bess goes against the moral code of her community and sacrifices herself for Jan, who feels increasingly better the further she pushes her own boundaries...

Breaking the Waves

What, you play the violin? That's totally old school. Why, actually? Malte Arkona, Mr. KIKA, Tigerentenclub, and today's most sought-after presenter for young concert formats, asks the rising stars what drew them to their instrument and discovers with you the personal stories behind these highly talented musicians.

3. Concert for young people

Seven times this season, members of the Mainz Philharmonic State Orchestra and guests will perform Sunday matinees in the foyer of the Grand Hall. Here, various ensembles cultivate the rich genre of chamber music and present works of their own choosing – from great classics to rare chamber music works.

Sunday matinee in May

"I dedicate the composition The Dance of 21 to all those who, with strength, struggle, and faith, rebel within themselves every day, to those who tirelessly defend hope and deeper humanity, to those who, without knowing it or caring, become the new model for the future."

8th Symphony Concert

Opera is a big word! Sometimes you don't need many ingredients to experience a piece of musical theater: A string instrument sounds beautiful – but can also creak and scratch stubbornly. A singing voice is pleasing to the ears – but they say it can sometimes shatter glass!

Who wants a piece of the pie? (AT)

Representatives of Italian church music will gather in Mainz Cathedral for the 9th Symphony Concert. Giovanni Gabrieli, born in 1554, was a Venetian church musician at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and one of the most important musicians of the Venetian School at the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque. His avant-garde work attracted musicians from all over Europe to Venice. His most famous student was the German Heinrich Schütz. He made early use of the basso continuo in his works, and his Sonata pian' e forte contains some of the earliest dynamic markings, i.e. markings for the specific use of volume in music. The works of the German Baroque, which culminated in the music of J.S. Bach, are based on this tradition, the roots of which lie in this very Venetian school under Giovanni Gabrieli.

9th Symphony Concert

Mainz Cathedral

What would your last day on earth look like? Perhaps you've already thought about what you would say and do if you knew him beforehand. Would you spend it alone or with the people you love? Would there perhaps be room for a new friendship?

Pretty last friends

Anyone who has an eagle for a father dreams of flying. The young Duke of Reichstadt, nicknamed "L'Aiglon" ("the young eagle"), is the only legitimate male descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte and wants to follow in his famous father's footsteps and make history himself. Encouraged by war veteran Flambeau, he wants to escape the golden cage in Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, where Austrian Chancellor Metternich is keeping him imprisoned: Napoleon's son with Marie-Louise of Austria wants to regain control of France. But the young bird's wings break when he sets foot on a battlefield for the first time in his life and hears the ghostly voices of the fallen. He begins to understand what the reality of war really means.

L'Aiglon

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